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P S A L

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Hymns, & Spiritual Songs,

O F T H E

Old and New Testament,

Faithfully translated into

Englijh Metre.

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Being 'the New -En gland Pfalm Book
Revifed and Improved ; By an Kndea-
vonr after a yet nearer Approach to the
infpired Original, as well as to the Rules
of Poetry.

With an Addition of

/r//}y other Hymns on the moft important Subjects
of Chriftianity ; with their Titles, placed z';r
Order, from—The Ftf// a/* Angels and Men^o—
Heaven after the General "Judgment.

Col.iii. 1 6. Zw /£? Word of Christ dwell in you ricbk
in all IV'tldom ; teaching and admokifbing one ano-
ther in Pfalms, and Hymns, and fpiritual Songs ;
finging with Grace in your Hearts to the Lord.

Eph. v. 19. Jam. v. 13.

B 0 S T 0 N : N. E.

Printed, andSold byD.HENCHMAN',inCornhill,

and S. Kneelakd in Qneeniheet.

1758.

Correction

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I. i )-- 3. 2-- by 'nvers

— 5. 4-- finners then appear.
2)-- 3. 2- -By ftreams
IX.-- 12. 1. --For when He after blood

enquires,
Is). 5. The 2d Part fhould begin with ver.13.
XV. 1)— a. 1.— Who walks in his Integrity.
J 2— who acts in
3. 1-- will not backbite,
,*2-- nor do
3— neighbour will
*$' 3" Who takes not
2). a.* 1-- Who walks in his integrity.,
2-- who always acts in

3. 1— will not backbite,
2— nor do t

4. 3— Who fwares the truth,

5. 3-- Who takes not a
tVL 6. 4- allotted to

9. i~rejoyces

XVII. 5. 1— beaten * paths

XIX. 6. 1-- he moves

XXL 7. 1— King relies.

LXXXV. 2) 7. 1- LORD

^C. 5. 3— Like- deep are they

CXXII. 6. 1-- Jerufalem's firm peace :

Mat. vi. 10. 4— heav'n

N.B. The Sorg of the Heavenly Ho/Is at the Birth of
Christ, Zai* ii. 14. was by Miftakeinferted in Com-
man Metre 1 when the Long Metre fhould have been
inferted — Thus—

f> Lory be to 7 be txoft high GOD,

KJ On, high the higheft Glory be !

And peace on all the earth abroad,

Tq men his boundlefs favour fee I

The P R E F ACE.

Section!. Hi/lory of the New-England
Pfahn-Book.

THE Fir/I Seti/tn of theNEw-ENGLAND- Colonies
who came to Plymouth in 1620 ; to Sahmtwhh
three Minijltrs for the Majfachujetts, and one for
Plymouth in 1629 : and with the Mafachujetts Charter,
Governour,Deputy-Governour,^fliftants./oar Minijiers,
and 1500 People, toi?^* and the Neighbouring Towns
in 1630 ; wereefteem'd in ENGLAND,asfomeof themoft
eminent for Scripture-Knowledge, Piety and Ariel Ad-
herence to the Word of GOD. as any in their Day.
They wifely made the Divine Oracles the only Rule
of their Religion : and their great and noble Defign was
to fpread tne holy Kingdom of Christ in its Scripture-
Purity, Light and Power in this NewWorld ; and tofet
up Churches for their Matter, Form, Wormip, Liberty,
Watch, Government and Difcipline, as near as poflible
to what they were, under the Conduct of Infpiration, in
the Apofiles Days.

By 1636 there were come over hither near thirty pious
and learned Minifters, educated in the Uniuerjities of
England: and from the fame exalted Principle of
Scripture Purity in Religions Worjbip, they fet themfelves
to tranflate the Pfalms and other Scripture Songs into Ettg-
iijb Mcfe, as near as poflible to the if/pird Original*
They committed this Work efpecially to the Rev. Mr.
.Richard Mather of Dorcbejler ; the Rev. Mr. Thomas
Weld, and the Rev. Mr. John Elict of Roxbury ; well ac-
quainted with the Hebnem), in which the Old Teftament,
and with the Greek, in which the Neiv were originally
written. They finiftied the Pfalm in 1640: which were
firft Printed by Mr. Day, that Year, at our Cambridge ;
and had the Honour of being the Firfi Book Printed in
North America, and as far as I find, in This *whole
Ngtv World.

A 2 r

ii The Preface.

I have feen anotherEciition in 1647, (and I conclude
2\C'<mbria^e too.there being no other Prefsin Ne-vu Eng-
land then,) with fome Amendments. But for a further
Improvement, it was committer to the Rev. Mr. Henry
Z)«*/W,Prefident of Harvard College ,one of he greater!
Matters of the orientalLanguages that has been known
in thefe Ends of the Earth : who was helped as to the
Poetry, by Mr. Richard Lyon , an ingenious Gentleman,
probably brought up at one of the Univerfities in Eng-
land, •lent over by Sir Henry Mildzvay as a Tutor to his
Son at Harvard College, and reiided in Mr. Dunjlars
Houfe. By an original Mann) c rift of Heads of Ser-
mons written afterMr.Z^;: in 1650J find He us'd to take
his Turn with the Prefident to Preach to the Congrega-
tion at Cambridge in the Interval between Mr Shepard's
Death, and Mr. M/i/Wj Ordination : And in thofe
Heads appear the Traces both of Experimental Piety
and Ingenuity.

In two or three Yean they feem to have compleated
it, with the Addition of the other So/gs in Sc ipture :
And they not only had the Happir.eis of approaching
nearer to the itjpired Original than all other yerjions in
Er.glijh Rhyme, but in many Places of excelling them in
simplicity of Style, and in affecting Terms, being the
Wcrds of GOD which more itrongly touch the Soul.
On which Accounts I found in England it was by fome
eminent Congregations preferd to all Others in their
Puhlick Iforjiip, even down to 1717, when I lait left
that Part of the Bt itijh Kingdom.

It feems a thousand Pities then, that fuch a Vtrfum,
which has more of In) 'fir at 'ion, and therefore of Divine
Authority Sc Influence on the Heart than others, fhould
on Account of the HatnefTesin diverfe Places.be wholly
laid afide, and not rather mended and preferved in cur
Churches ; as has been earnefrly defired by many of
refined Tafte and Judgment : and efpecially fince the
learned and ingenious will by an accurate Examination
find, that the nearer we come to the true Senumen and
Spirit of the admirable Original ; the more fuil of Sub-
ilance, Life and Majefty, and the more moying will the

Verfibn

The Preface. iil

Verfion be : i.e. I mean when we find out Words rightly
reprefenting the Sentiments of Inspiration, and range
them in a proper Order

Sect. II. An Account of this Improvement.
My gnat Dejign, at the Defoe of many, therefore is--
a Labour to preierve the Subjiance of outNevv-England
Verjhn in our Churches by Reviling and Improving it ;
riling and keeping as near as poffibie to the exalted
Sentiments of the Original, and expreffing them in the
cleareft Style, and agreable to the Rules of Poetry.
And for This--- It was my Diny, Eirfi to look to the
Divine In fphtr, feo purify my Heart, enlighten my Mind,
lead me into his own Indentions, and dired me in re-
prefenting them.

But then the Method I purfued was This —

I. I colle&ed all the different Verfions in Englijb Me-
tre I could find, which are above 30, and I think all
but 2 : and comparing the id Pfalm in them, both with
the frofe Verfion in our Englijb Bibles and with the He-
brtvj, I found about 20 took too great a Liberty to vary
from the Original ; and felecled 1 2, including the Neiv-
England—^ keeping nearer -, to which I added another,
chiefly for iome of the Poetry.

II. My'Endeavour then was to gain all the Senti-
ments, efp^cia'ly the great, fublime and moll important,
in the Original. And in order toThis — ift.I read over
the whole Pfalm in our Englijb Bible, with the inf!ruc~tive
Margin. 2d I labour'd to put my felf in the fame external
Circumflance and internal Cafe, and to have the lame
Senfaiions and Views with the Pia'milr. 3d. I read
every Verfe (1) in the faid Englijb Bible : and having the
Polyglot Bible before me, (2) In the Hebrew with Mon-
t anus's intcrline^ry ; (3) the Septitagint ; (4) the Chaldee ;

(5) the ancient Latin ; (6 & 7) the Latin Verfions of the
Syriack ScArabick ; (3) Caftalio ; (9) Tremelius Sz Junius ;
(10) Ainfixorth ; ( 1 1 ) De Mais. 4. When I met with
Difficulty, I fearch'd the following famous Lexicons,
( I ) A-vmarius, ( 2 ) Schindh r, ( 3 ) Bagnim 8c Mercer,
(4,5) Buxtorj^s 2 Lexicons, viz Hebrew ZcCbaldaick k<l..

(6) Lehb, (7) CajUllus, (C) Byd-uer, ley) May in Albert.

As

lr The Preface.

As alfo the Interpretations of Moller^remelius, GlaJJim,
AinJ worth, De Muis, Hammond, PooPs Synopfs, Patrick,
and Others.

All this — only to gain the Sentiments— And then

III. I look'd into the New- Engla> d as the Ground-
work, and then into the 12 other Metrical Verftons
in their Order : and comparing them ;--- in Honour
to the Word of God which demands the Heft, I
tho't it my Duty to afe the hef Wards or Lines in them
fo far as they give the nearejt Senfe of ths Original, and
are mofi mufical ; and where they fail in cither, to en-
deavour a further Improvement:.

And avoiding 'Additions which are not plainly im-
plied in the Hebrew, on the one Hand, and Omiffons on
the other; I keep as near as poffible to the Original:
Only, whereas the Hebrew above all other Languages
I know, is fo wondroufly full of Senfe, that Avenarius
obferves, even the copious Greek muft in majiy Cafes
ufe federal Words to exprefs the full Senje of a
Jingle Word in Hibrew : Where the Original there-
fore plainly fignifies or hints at Sentiments wh;ch are
notfcen in our Enghjb Bible, I venture to give, them, ci-
ting my Authorities ; And tho* the Reader may be apt
to think that in many Places I add to the Original ; yet
if he duly fcarches into the Hebrew, He will doubtlefs
fee, as 1 have often leen with furprife, the Sentiments.
I have only endeavoured to rife into and give the
grand, exalted and lively Sentiments and Hints of Infpi-
ration.

And this IMPROVEMENT differs from other Poetical
Verfions in thefe Particulars ---

I. Whereas in others, by the meer Reading, we can
never tell where GOD or LORD is in the Original or
not : For thej often, not only put One fcr the Other 9
butalfo infert them where they are not,and leave them
out where they are : — In this Revifal (1) As J AH is a
glorious Name peculiar to the Supreme Bdng, Pjal.
Jxviit. 4 ; wherever it is in the Original I preferve it.
(z) Wherever is the Word JEHOVARanother Name
peculiar to Him, Pfal. lxxxhi. idt and founds with fur -

paiTmg

^ Preface. v

paffing Grandeur and Solemnity ; I always write either
JEHOVAH, efpecially where his Greatnefs or Majefty
is reprefented,or LORD in Capitals. (3.) Wherever i$
the Word Adonai, whofe natural Signification feems to
be — Lord 1 there I infert Lord in Italick. (4) Where-
ever is the Word JLlohim, which is a famous Name of
GOD in the Plural Number, and the firji us'd \nScrip-
ture, as in Gen. i. 1 ; tho' it fometi 'me $ figuratively Signi-
fies Nighty Men and Angels ; There I always write
GOD or Gods in Capitals. (5) For the other Names
of GOD, as JEl and its Derivatives, I always write
God in Roman Character, but not in Capitals, I think
Divine Infpiration cannot be too exactly reprefented ;
and where the W ifdom of Infpiration makes a Diffe-
rence, we fhould do fo too.

II. Wherever is the famous Word Hallelujah;
whofe Signikation \s--Praife J ah ; as well as the Word
Amen, while Signification is — So be it ; I carefully
preferve them.

Ill Wherever is the Name Messiah in Hebrew?
which Signifies The Anointed; I either keep the Word
Mess i ah, or mfert theName Christ, which is the Word
in Grtek, Latin and Englifo, of the fame Signification.

IV. Confident, as { apprehend, with the Latitude of
the Hebrevj Language, thePaiTages which are exprefs'd
by our Poets in the form of Curfes3or revengefulWiJbes9
I always chufe sto exprefs, agreable to the Prophetick
Spirit of Infpiration, and the Graces of the fame Spi-
rit, not in the Form of Wijbes in the Singers,bat in the
Form of AJfertions or Prophecies indited by the fore-fee- f
ing Spirit of Infpiration.

V. Ihftead of the diminutive Terms of Hills, Floods?
Lands and Skies, commonly us'd by our brightefl Poets,
I ufe wherever I can, the more grand and nobleWords
--Mountains, Seas, Earth, and Heavens ; where thefe
greater Ideas are exprefs'd in the Original.

As the Pfalmifl paints the Works of GOD in Naturt
in perfeft Purity, I try to keep as near as pojjihle to
Nature* For grand Ideas, iYeek the moil majejiicki'Vords ;
£>r tender Sentiments ; ikefofiefi Words ; fo: ajfetfing> the

.moil

vi The P R E F A C E.

moft moling ; for *wondrous,the moil fir iking : and in all
aiming at the clear ifi Simplicity of Style; where-
in the Sentiments are more eafiiy feen, more di-
rectly reach the Heart, and touch it with a fbonger
Energy. I ufe no Words, Ellipfes, or Ttr mi nations, but
what are us\l by the belt Poets of the prefent Age :
and as for Epithets and Words of Explication, I raiely
ufe them but where I think they are plainly implied in
the exceeding full Original

Some Notts I add for the Satisfaction of the Learned :
the Rcfi, for the Inftruction of others ; that they may
not fing in Uncertainty or meer Amufement, but with
Undemanding. A Stor * fignifies---/' is fo in Hebrew
according to all /£<? Lexicons. Jn {uohMarfa r.s thefe ( J
are brief Explications I tho't convenient to he inferred
for the clearer View of the Senfe : as in iome Titles &c.

If any would compare This with any otberfVerfions ; I
only beg, that they would ferioufly, eithcftFVr/? read
the Place in Heoreiv}or at leaft in the tnglijb Bible with
the Margin.

Having begun this Work on April 29.1755, and be-
ing encouraged to proceed by the . .- Brethren
ol the Congregation 1 belong to, I rVfire to Praife the
most high for carrying *me on, thro' Multitudes of
Avocations, Interruptions ana Infirmities, to the End of
the FJalms by the Lafi of Auguft 1 756, and to the End
Of the other Scripture-Songs by the 20th of March 1757 :
And to his Glory and Bleffing, r.nd the Edifxation of
his People, I humbly refign it. Rendering my hearty
Thanks to the ingenious Gentlemen, who generoufly
helped me with their acute CorrecliorTB*-; I clofe with
my eanreft Prayers in the Terms of the Final Clau/e of
the Authors of the ancient Preface to the N cm- England
Verficn, exprelTed in their ufual beautiful Simplicity of
Language ; "That we may fmg mZion theLoRD's Songs
" of Praife according to his own Will, until he take us
u hence, and wipe away all our Tears, and bid us enter
" into ourMASTER'sJoy, to fing eternalHALLELjUAHs !*

Boficn in N.E, May 26. 1758.

PSALM

PSALM L

[TJjeHappinefs of the Godly, andMlfery of 'theUngodly.]

i y^v BlefTed man who walks not in
I 1 the counfel of ill f men,
^-^ Nor ftands within the Tinners way j
nor fcoffers * feat fits in.

2 But on JEHOVAH's written law

he places his delight ;
And in his law he meditates,
with pleafure day and night.

3 For he is like a goodly tree

tty rivers planted near ;
Which timely yields its fruit, whofe leaf

(hall ever green appear :
And all he does mail profper ftill. X

4 Th' ungodly are not fo ;
But like the chatt which by the wind

is driven to and fro.

5 Therefore in judgment (hall not Hand
fuch as ungodly are ;
Nor in th' aflembly of the juft

(hall finfiff rhen appear. 4ZZ*? t

* * B 6 Becaufe '

\ 111, rather than Wicked, feems more fultable for the
loiuefl Step of the treble and beautiful Gradation
here obferved by the Learned.

* The Hebrew fignifies Scoffers ; and fo the Cbalder,
Syria ck and Arabick : i, e. fuch a.$ feoff at the Reli-
gion infpir'd by God, or at thofe who practice it-

J i. e. Continually — as is plainly implied, to comport
with the Senfe of the preceeding Part of the Verfc,

2 P S A I M I.

£Becaufe the way of righteous men
the LORD approves and knows %
Whereas the way of evil men
to fure deftruclion goes.

[ Long Metre. ]
X f\ BlefTed man who walks not in
^J The counfei of ungodly men,
Nor ftands within the Tinners way,
Nor will the fcoffers feat fit in.
3t But in JEHOVAH's written Jaw
He takes exceeding great delight ;
And in his law he meditates
With pious pleafure day and night,

3 For he is like a goodly tree

1W ftreams * of waters * planted near ;
Which in due feafon yields its fruit,
Whofe leaf mall ever green appear j
And all he does mall profper ftill.

4 But the ungodly are not fo :

For they are like the chaff which by
The wind is driven to and fro.

5 Therefore in judgment mall not ftand,
Such as ungodly are, as clear ;

Nor in th' affembly of the juft
Shall finners in that day appear.

6 Becaufe the way of righteous men
The LORD with approbation knows $
Whereas the way of evil men

To their entire deftruclion goes.

P S A L M II.
[TheExaltation and univerfal 'Reign of 'Christ.]
I X'KTHY do the tribes and nations || rage
** and form a vain defign ?
Kings of the earth do fet themfelves
and princes plotting join, Againft

* So it is exactly, and mod properly, in the HtbrttVr
i So the Btbrew and a/Ahe ancient Vtrfiom.

P S A L M II. . *

Againft JEHOVAH and his CHRIST, %
with one confent, and fay,

3 " Let us afunder break their bands

" and caft their cords away !"

4 But He who fits in heav'n will laugh,

the Lord will them deride ;

5 In anger then to them He'll fpeak,

in wrath to vex their pride.

6 " See I have fet my king upon

" Zion my holy hill,

7 " And the immutable decree

" proclaim abroad I will."

8 The LORD faid, « Thou my Son, this day,

u have I begotten thee ! f
*' Afk, and the nations * 1 will give
" thine heritage to be.

9 " And of the earth thou (halt poflefs

" the utmoft coaits abroad ;
" Thy foes (halt break as potters ware,
" and crulh with iron rod."

10 And now ye kings, be wife ; be learn'd

ye who earth's judges are ;

1 1 Serve ye the Lord with reverence,

rejoyce with trembling fear.

12 Kifs ye the Son, left by his wrath

ye perifh in your way :
When once his wrath a little burns,
blefs'd all that on him ftay.
[ Long Metre. ]

1 TT7HY do the nations move and rage,

* * And people form a vain defign ?

2 Kings of the earth do fct themfelves

And princes in deep plots combine, With

% In Hebrew tis Messiah ; i.e.. Christ in Greek,Latix

and Engli/b ; and fo all the ancient Verfwns.
f Applied to Christ, Acls xiii. 33 Heb, iii. 5.
* So the UibreWfSeftuaginty Sjriack and ancient Lath,

4 P S A.L M III.

With one confent againft the LORD,
And his Messiah, * and dare fay,

3 " Let us afunder break their bands,

" And caft their cords of rule away I n

4 But He who fits in heav'n will laugh,
The Lord at firft will them deride ;

5 In anger then to them He'll fpeak,
In wrath to vex them in their pride ;

6 " See I have fet my king upon
" Zion my mount of fan&ity, *

7 " And the immutable decree

" Proclaim abroad to all will I."

$ The LORD to me faid , " Thou my Son,
" This day have I begotten thee ;
" Afk, and the nations I will give
" For thine inheritance to be :

9 " And of the earth Thou malt poiTefs
" The utmoft coafts and lands abroad ;
" Thy foes malt break as potters ware,
<fc And crufh as with an iron rod."

■10 Now therefore, O ye kings, be wife ;

Be learn'd, ye who earth's judges are ;
It i Serve ye the LORD with reverence ;

Rejoyce, but yet with trembling fear :
12 Kifs || ye the Son, left He be wroth,
And ye (hould perifh in your way ;
When once his wrath a little burns,
BlefTed are all that on him (lay.
PSALM III. A Pfalm of David :
U^hen he fled from the Face of Abfalom his Son,
x IT ORD, how my troublers multiply ?

■" How many up againft me rife .?
2 Of my fad foul, how many fay,
" His GOD to him no help fupplies." 3

J) i. e. Kneel and kifs his Hand'm token of cordial and

iatire fubroiffioa,

PS^IM IV, $

3 Yet Thou, O LORD, my glory art,
My (hield, and raifeft up my head,

4 I to JEHOVAH cry'd, who from
His holy hill me anfwered. (Selah.)

5 I lay down, flept, and then awak'd \
For up JEHOVAH did me bear :

6 Tho' people round agahvft me fet,'
Ten thoufands of them I'll not fear.

7 O LORD my God, to fave me rife ;
For all my foes have felt thy ftroke
Upon their faces, and the teeth

Of the ungodly Thou haft broke*

8 Salvation wholly to the LORD,
Does and fhall ever appertain ;
And on thy people evermore
Thy bleffing does and fhall remain.

PSALM IV, A Pfalm of David.

*x (^ OD of my righteoufnefs to me,
^-* while calling, * bend thine ear :
Thou haft enlarg'd me when diftrefs'd 5
me pity ; hear my pray'r.
2, Ye fons of men, how long will ye
my glory villify ?
How long love vanity will ye ?

and how long feek a lie. (Selah.)

3 But know, the LORD hath fet apart

the pious for his own :
The LORD will hear me when to him
I make my humble moan.

4 Stand ye in awe, and fin no more ;

confider ferioufly,
Within your hearts with filence deep,
as on your beds ye lie.

5 The facrifice of righteoufnejfs

let freely off'red be j B 3 And

tS . P S A L M V.

And therewith place your confidence
upon the LORD do ye.
6 While multitudes enquiring are,
who'll caufe us good to fee ?
The light, LOR]}, of thy countenance
let on us lifted be.

y Thou giv'ft * more ghdnefs in my heart
than their's in times wherein
Their harveft-corn and their new wine,
have much increafed been.
8 In peace with Him I will lie down,
and I my fleep will take ;
Forme in confidence to dwell,
Thou, LORD, alone doft make.

PSALM V. A Pfalm of David.

1 TEtlOVAH, to my words give ear ;
J My fo'emn meditation weigh :

2 O hear my cry, m^ king, my God,
For I to Thee alone, will pray. ♦

3 In early morning Thou my voice
Wilt, O JEHOVAH kindly hear ;
For in the morning I'll look up,
And will to thee direct my pray'r.

4 For Thou art not a God who doft
Allow the leaft iniquity ;
Neither (hall evil dwell with Thee ;
Nor fools mall (land before thine eye.

5 Thou all ill doers dolt abhor ;
Wilt them deftroy who utter lies :

6 JEHOVAH loaths the bloody man,
And thofe who fraudful arts devife.

7 But in thy many mercies now
Enter into thy houfe will I,
And in thy fear will bow my felf
Before thy houfe of fanclity.

8 Becaufe

P S A L M VI. i

i Bccaufe of my obferying foes,

LORD lead me in thy righteoufnefs ;
Direct me in thy perfect way,
And make it plain before my face.

jg For in their mouth there is no truth ;

Their heart full of iniquities ;

An open fepulchre their throat ;

•Their tongue is mov'd with flatteries.
io O GOD, Thou wilt them quite deftroy,

By their own counfels make them fall,

And in their many * Sins caft out ;

For they to thee are rebels all.

11 But let all thofe who truft in Thee,
For ever fhout with joyful noife,
For thou defended them ; and thofe.
Who love thy name, in Thee rejoyce.

12 For to the righteous, Thou, O LORD,
Wilt caufe thy bleffing to extend ;

As with a fhield, thy favour, them
Wilt crown and round about defend,

PSALM VI. A Pfalm of ^ David,

E r\ LORD, rebuke me not in wrath,
^^ Nor in thine anger chaften me ;

2 LORD, pity ; I am weak : Lord heal ;
My bones are vex'd exceedingly.

3 My foul is alfo in diflrefs :

How long delay, LORD, wilt Thou make ?

4 Return, O LORD ; my foul relieve ;
O fave me for thy mercies fake.

5 Shall the dead praife Thee in the grave ?
Of Thee no mem*ry there have they.

.6 I'm tir'd with groans : by night my bed
With tears fwims, and my couch by day.

B 4 7 Min«

8 P S A L M VII.

j Mine eye confum'd with grief grows old,
Becaufe of all mine enemies :

8 But now depart away from me,
All ye who work iniquities ;

Becaufe JEHOVAH now hath heard
The voice of my lamenting tears :

9 The LORD hath heard my humble fuit,
JEHOVAH will accept my pray'rs.

10 Let all my foes be put to fhame,
And greatly troubled let them be.
Yea let them be returned back,
And made afhamed ipeedily.

PSALM VII. A Pfalm\ of 'David, which
he fang to tbeLoRD concemingCuih //^Benjamrte.

1 £\ LORD my God, I wholly place
^-^ my confidence in Thee :
From all my perfecuting foes,

fave and deliver me.

2 Left like to rending lions they

my foul in pieces tare ;
And when they tare, to refcue me
there fhould not one appear.

3 O thou JEHOVAH, O my God,

if this thing done have I -,
If in thefe hands of mine there be
wrongful iniquity ;

4 If I have rendred ill to him

who was at peace with me ;
(Yea rather I releafed have
my caufelefs enemy ;)

5 Then let the foe purfue my foul,

and feize it as a prey ;
Let him my life tread to the earth,
in duft my honour lay. (Selah.)

6 LORD

f So the Septuagint.

PSALM VII. 9

6 LORD, rife in wrath ; lift up thy felf ;

my raging foes withftand ;
' Wake for me to the judgment thou
doft rightfully command.

7 So the great congregation (hall

encompafs thee with joy ;
O therefore for their fake retArn,
to thy bright feat on high.

8 The LORD will all the people judge :

JEHOVAH judge thou me
According to my righteoufnefs, |
and mine integrity.

[ 2 Part. ]

9 Let end the wicked's wickednefs,

but the juft ratify,
Becaufe O thou the righteous GOD,

the hearts and reins doft try.
10 In GOD is my defence, who faves

the right in heart and way :
n But GOD the righteous judge is wroth,

with finners ev'ry day.

12 Unlefs that turning they repent,

his fword he fharp will whet %
Yea has already bent his bow,
and has it ready fet.

13 Againft the per'fecutors made

his arrows ready hath ;

He ready has prepar'd for them

the inftruments of death.

14 Behold they travail as in birth

with vain iniquity :
Behold how mifchief they conceive,
and then bring forth a lie.

15 He

t| i. e. The Righteoufnefs of his Cau/t and Condufl,
with refpeft to his Neighbour.

10 PSALM VIIL

15 He dig'd a pit, and dig'd it deep,

the innocent to take -y
But he is fall'n into the pit,
which he himfelf did make.

16 Return on his mifchievous head

his mifchief furely mall ;
And on his crown, his violence *
in righteoufnefs (hall fall.

17 According to his righteoufnefs,

JEHOVAH praife will I ;
And to his name a pfalm I'll fing,
who is the LORD moft high.

PSALM VIIL A Pfalm of David.

I r\ LORD, our Lord, in all the earth
^-^ how does thy name excel !
Who high above the heav'ns haft fet
thy majefty f to dwell.
% From mouths of babes and fucklings thou
doft pow'r and praife ordain ;
That thou may'ft ftill thine enemies,
and, fpiteful foes retrain.

3 When I thy glorious heav'ns behold,

thy fingers work divine,
The moon and ftars which thou haft fet
in order as they ihine ;

4 O what is wretched man * that thou

fhouldft have him in thy mind,
And Adams fon, * that thou fhould'ft be
to vifit him fo kind ?

5 For than the Angels thou haft him

but little lower made ;
With glory and with majefty
• thou crowned haft his head.

6 To

f TheHdnzvfigniRei hothMajefytMagnifctnct UGlory.

P S A L M IX. is

6 To Him dominion Thou haft giv'n

over thy works below ;
Under his feet haft put them all,
to him haft made them bow.

7 Both all the tamer flocks and herds,

wild beafts that range more free,

8 Swift in the air the fowls that flie,

and fifties of the fea.

9 Yea thofe that make great paths along

the fea, and pafs the fame. %
O LORD, our Lord, in all the earth,
how excellent thy name !

P S A L M IX. A Pfalm of David.

1 T ORD I'll Thee praife with all my heart,
-*^ thy wonders ail proclaim.

2 O Thou moft high, in Thee I'll joy,

exult, and fing thy name.

3 My foes in turning backward fall,

and perifh at thy fight ;
For thou maintained my juft caufe,
enthron'd thou judgeft right.

4 The heathen thou rebuked haft,

the wicked overthrown ;

5 Thou blotteft out their name, that they

may never more be known.

6 Thy deflations, O thou foe,

are ended utterly ;
Who many cities haft deftroy'd,
and made their mem'ry dieT

7 But

% In the Chaldee tii with great Beauty and Propriety
explained Thus— And the Leviathan, i. e. Whales and
Crocodiles ; who pajjing thro' the &vz.r,make great Paths t
pafs thro' them, and leave them mining along behind
them ; alluding to thofe fine and noble Parages in
Job xli. 31, 32.

n PSALM IX.

7 But now JEHOVAH ever (hall
endure and ever reign ;
His throne He hath eftablifhed,
juft judgment to maintain.
$ Yea, he the univerfal world
fhaM judge in righteoufnefs ;
And to all people \ judgment give
in perfect % uprightnefs.

9 A refuge high * for the opprefs'd
JEHOVAH will become •>
He is to them a refuge fafe
in feafons troublefome.
TO And they who duly know thy name,
in Thee their truft will place ;
Becaufe Thou, LORD, haft never left
the feekers of thy face.
[ 2 Part. ]
II O fing ye praifes to the LORD,
who does in Zion dwell ;
His wondrous doings all abroad
(rr^^ among his people tell,
" f2/l>When He onquiroth after blood £*v^t^iA^
he minds them carefully :
Of thofe who meek and humble are
he ne'r forgets the cry.

13 LORD, pity me, and weigh my grief

which I from foes fuftain ;
And from the op'ning gates of death
O raife me up again.

14 That I in Zion's daughter's gates

may fhew forth all thy praife :
And my triumphant fhouts of joy

in thy falvation, raife. 15 Th«

f Heb. — People— in the Plural Number : i.e. all Peopit.
% Heb. —Uprigbtncjfes in ihcPlur*! Number, i.e.Perfeff
Uprigbtnefs.

P S A L M X. i|

15 The heathen people are funk, down

into the pit they made ;

Their foot is taken in the net

which fecretly they laid.

16 By judgments which He executes

more known JEHOVAH is ;
111 men are caught in their own fnares ;
deeply confider this. || (Selab.)

17 Thofe who continue wicked, fhali

be turned down to hell ;
Where all the nations of the earth
who GOD forget, ihall dwell.

18 Thy needy, tho' diftrefs'd a while,

mall never be forgot ;

The expectations of thy poor,

defer'd, yet perifh not.

1 9 O let not wretched man * prevail ;

but O JEHOVAH rife ;
The heathen people in thy light
let judged be likewife.

20 O thou JEHOVAH, ftrike them all

with trembling fear ; and then
Thou wilt the nations make to know,
they are but wretched men. * (Selab.)

P S A L M X.

1 TXTHercfore JEHOVAH ftandeft thou
^ * away from us fo far ?
And wherefore hideft thou thy felf
when times fo troublous are ?
Z Becaufe the wicked in their pride
the needy make a prey ;
They mall be taken in the plots
which they for others lay.

3 The
8 This Line is the meaning of the Word— Biggckn,

14 P S A L M X.

3 The wicked in their heart's defire

do glory ; and they praife
The worldly man as blelt ; but they
JEKOVAH's anger raife.

4 The wicked thro' their lofty pride

en God refufe to call j
And in their multitude of thoughts
there is no GOD at all.

5 Their ways at all times grievous are :

thy judgments are on high
Above their fight : at all their foes
they blow dildainfully.

6 Within their heart they vainly fay,

" we mov'd mail never be,
" Nor yet in any time to come •
« adverfity {hall fee."

7 His mouth with curfing filled is,

with wiles * , deceit and wrong ;
And mifchief and iniquity
lie hid beneath his tongue.

8 In coverts near the villages

they fit ; the harmlefs flay ;
And for the poor who pafs along
with hidden eyes they lay.

o. As lions in their coverts watch,

the feeble to furprize ;
As fowlers draw* them in their net,
and on a fudden feize.
io As maim'd * and crouching they will feem *,
that numbers of the poor
At unawares may fall into
their paws of cruel power.

II In heart they fay, " God has forgot
" thefe things eternally \
" He wholly hides his face away,

44 and them will never fee," 1 1 JE-

PSALM XL i>

[ 2 Part. ]

12 JEHOVAH rife thou up ; O God,

lift up thine hand on high ;
Caft not the meek, afflicted ones
out of thy memory.

13 O why do wicked men provoke

the mighty GOD, and fay
Prefumptuoufly within their heart,
' Thou never wilt repay.'

14 But fpite and mifchief thou doft fee j

thy hand will them reward :
The poor commits himfelf to Thee ;
Thou art the orphan's guard.

15 The wicked's arm wilt wholly breaks

and of the evil one ;
And fearch out his impieties
until thou findeft none ;

16 JEHOVAH King of ages * is

and of eternity : *
Out of his land the heathen tribes

are perilh'd utterly.
27 The meek, afflicted ones defire
^ JEHOVAH thou doft hear ;
Thou doft prepare their heart, and then
give thine attentive ear.

18 To judge and help the fatherlefs,
the feeble and the poor ;
That earthly men may not deftroy %
nor vex them any more.
PSALM XI.
I Tin JEHOVAH place my truft :
A why therefore fay do ye
To my poor foul, " like frighted birds

" to your high mountain flee." 2 For

% So the Syriaek renders it ; the Chaldee — break ; the
Englifh — opprefs ; Buxtorf-- violently uft :. a^jld the
Hebrew may comprehend them all.

16 PSALM XII.

2 For lo, the wicked bend their bows,

and on the firing prepare,
Their arrows in the dark to (hoot
at thofe who upright are.

3 But if the great foundations of

our ftate they overthrow ;
[ Which are thy facred laws and truths ; ]
what (hall the righteous do ?

4 JEHOVAH's in his holy place, f

and in the heav'ns * on high
JEHOVAH's throne : his eyes obferve,
men's fons his eye-lids try.

5 The men who truly righteous are

JEHOVAH does approve :
His foul the wicked hates, and them
who violence do love.

6 Snares, fire and brimftone, dreadful ftorms,.

on fmners He will rain :

This is the portion of the cup

He does for them ordain.

7 Becaufe the LORD, who righteous is,

all right'oufnefs does love ;
His countenance the upright one,
beholding does approve.

PSALM XII. A PJalm of David.

1 tlElp, O JEHOVAH now, becaufe
■■■"'' the godly man doth ceafe,
And from among the fons of meu

the faithful men decreafe.

2 The moft, now, to their neighbours fpeak

deceitful vanities ;
With fiatt'ring lips they fmoothly fpeak,
with double hearts and lies. 3 But

f Heb. Palace ; as in P/aL xlv. cj.cxliv. 12. Prov.xxx.
28. and by a Figure -~ Temple, both on Earth and
in Heaven. * Heb,- --»<?/ She, but Heavens.

PSALM XIIL 17

3 But ev'ry flatt'ring lip the LORD

.will cut off certainly ;
And all proud tongues that utter forth
words boafiing, great and high :

4 Who thus declare, « We with our tongues

c prevailing pow'r will gain :
c Are not our lips our own ? and who
1 Lord f over us (hall reign ? '. (-\ Adon.)
?5 For poor opprefs'd and needy fighs,
the LORD fays, now I'll rife,
And them in fafety I will fet
from thofe who them defpife.

6 JEHOVAH's words are words mod pure ;

they are as filver try'd
In earthen furnaces oe'r fire,
and {qv'ii times purify 'd.

7 JEHOVAH, thou wilt fafety keep

the upright-hearted poor,
And from this generation them
preferve for evermore ;

8 Tho' wicked walk on ev'ry fide,

grow bold and multiply ;
And vile ones by the fons of men
exalted be on high.

P S J L M XIIL

1 TjOW long wilt thou forget me, LORD I
"■ (hall it for ever be ?

How long wilt thou fo fadly hide
thy face away from me ?

2 How long within my foul confult,

and grieve in heart (hall I?
How long exalted over me ,
(hall be my enemy ?

3 O LORD my God, comlder mc

and anfwer to me make ;
Mine eyes enlighten, left the deep
of death me overtake. C 4. Led

18 PSALM XIV,

4 Left my proud foes in boafting fay,

againft him we prevail ;"
Left thofe who trouble me rejoyce>
to fee me wholly fail.

5 But as I fet my confidence

upon thy bounteous grace ;
My heart in thy falvation (hall
rejoyce with thankful praife.

6 Yea to JEHOVAH fongs of praife

I'll fing melodiouily ;
Who in his kindnefs deals with me
exceeding bounteoufly.

PSALM XIV. APfalm ./David,

1 pOols in their hearts fay, there's no GOD?
" and fo corrupt they grow,
Abominable fins commit,

and nothing good they do.

2 From heav'n JEHOVAFI looked down

on fons of men, to fee
If any who do underftand,
or feek to GOD there be.

3 They altogether filthy are ;

they all are backward * gone ;
There are not any that do good,
no verily, not one.

4 The workers of iniquity,

do they not know at all ?
That they my people eat as breads
nor on the LORD will call.

j Yet they (hall with a grievous fear
appalled greatly be,
When GOD among the righteous race
they once fhall come to fee.

6 The
* Hebrew and ChaMte.

P S A L M XV. 19

6 The counfel of the poor opprefs'd,
ye mock'd and try'd to fhame ;
Becaufe the LORD their refuge || is,
and they hope in his name.

J Who will from Zion Ifr'el fave ? *
when back the LORD mall bring
His captives ; Jacob will rejoyce,
and Ifr'el gladly fing.

P S A L M XV. A Pfalm of David*

1 IT ORD, in thy tabernacle, who
-^ a fojourner (hall be ?

And who is he inhabit (hall
* thy mount * of fanctity * ?

2 (The man, w.ho walketh uprightly,*^ leUaJ-fvs l. /..\ l

who work'eth righteoufnefs ;
And who the truth within his heart
does uprightly exprefs*

3 Who with his tongue backbiteth not, uAU t^^^k

nor does his neighbour hurt ; .
Nor yet againft his neighbour doth u»Ui
take up an ill report.

4 Whole eyes the vile, tho' great, contemn 3

but all the LORD who fear,
He honours ; and he changes not,
tho* to his hurt he [wear.

5 Who to oppreiTing ufury,

his money hath not lent ;
Nor taketh a reward or bribe usk* J-zUtcj

againft the innocent.

C 2 Who

I Cocceihi, G^;>,ar.d the£*g/;y&,tranf!ate ItRiFUCE ; the
Syriack with PifcatorSc Caftalio--- Trust ; all the o-
ther ancient Verfions ,\\\(^Montanus and Muis --Hope-;
and the Hebrew kerns to comprehend them all.

so PSALM XIV.

Who cohftantly obferves thefe things,

is grac >ufly approved,
He's fureJy in a happy ft ate,

and never mall be mov'd.
[ Long Metre. ] %

1 T ORD, in thy tabernacle who

-L' Wilt thou with welcome entertain ?
Who on thy mount of fanclity, *
A conftant dweller (hall remain ?

2 The man who^wajketh uprightly, ffiffi**^
That always workeTn right'eoufnefs, ^^7«
And what is in his ho: -.eft- heart

Does truly with his mouth cxprefs.

3 "Who with his tongueAbackbltetl» #*©*,
Nor do#» his neighbour any wrong,
Nor takes up a reproach to hurt

His neighbour from another's tongue.

4 Whofe eyes the vile, tho' great, contemn,
But honours all ^hpfesr the LORD :
Who twity fwears^tna to his hurt ;
And changes not, but keeps his word.

5 Who to opprefling ufury

^/ii^2r^LJ/)1 J2JS- k's rnoney ^ent >

No^rtakSStta1 reward or bribe
To wrong a perfon innocent.
Who conftantly obferves thefe things,
And does all in fincerity ;
Is iurely in a happy Mate,
And he mall never moved be.
PSALM XVI.
Miclam, or a golden Pfalm of David.

1 jpv Mighty God, preferve thou me ;
^ for upon thee 1 reft.

2 " Thou art my Lord" thou O my foul,

haft to the LORD profefs'd. 3 My

X Chiefly from Dr. Ford: bat nearer the Original.

PSALM XVI. zi

3 My goodnefs reaches not to thee ;
but to the Taints, th' ftpright
On earth, who are the excellent,
in whom is my de light.

4. Who harVri a ftrange one * to adore,
their forrows (hall abound ;
Their blood-drink offerings I'll not pour,
nor names my Jips (hall found.

5 The LORD the only portion is

of mine inheritance ;
And of my cup ; and of my lot
fecures the maintenace,

6 The lines that fallen are to me,

in pleafant places are ;
And goodly is the heritage

that fajjetk to my (hare. ^^wgc

7 I will JEHOVAH humbly blefs,

who counfels me arighr,
So that my reins do me instruct
in feafons of the night.

8 Before me I the LORD have fet

as prefent evermore :
Becaufe he is at my right hand,
I (hall not iLde therefore.

9 Therefore my heart rejoycetk much,

my glory's glad withal j

Moreover alfo dwell in hope ||

my flefh fecurely || (hall :

10 Becaufe thou v/iit rot leave my foul

in death's efiate to be ;
Nor fufFer wilt thine iicly One J

corruption there to fee. 11 Thou

*i.e. a (IrangeZW. \\TheHe^re-zv feems to {±gn\ly Both-
% i. e. Christ x*as the Apoiiics Peter^m Paul ex-
plain it, Afis'iu 31. xiii. 35-- 37.

22 PSALM XVXL

ii Thou wilt me fhew the path of life,
which to thy prefence goes ;
Where joy in fulnefs is, and where
pure- pleafure ever flows.

PSALM XVII. APfalm of David.

x TEHOVAH hearken to the right,
J attend to my loud cry ;
And hear my pray'r that cometh forth
from lips that do not lie.

2 O from thy prefence let there come

a juft decree to me :
And let thy juft and holy eyes,
things that are equal fee.

My Heart thou fearched haft by day,

and vifued by night :
Thou haft me in a furnace try'd,

and found my heart is right

3 As for my Mouth ; as I refolv'd

my words ihould not tranfgrefs,
Thy righteous laws which guide the tongue ;
I kept my purpofes.

4 And as for Works of men ; thy word

hath me directed fo,
That I obferv'd and fhun'd the paths
wherein deftroyers go.

5 My goings in thy narrow paths ee&~&*^

do thou uphold and guide ;
That fo my footfteps thus fecur'd
may never turn afide.

6 On Thee I called have, O God,

becaufe Thou wilt me hear ;

O now incline thine ear to me,

and hear my humble pray'r,

[%PartA

PSALM XVII. 23

r 2 Part. ] •

7 O (hew thy wondrous grace to them

whofe truft on thee relies ;
Who fav'ft by thy right hand from thofe
who up againft them rife.

8 O keep me now as thou vwouldft keep

the apple of thine eye ;
Under the ihadow of thy wings
hide me continually.

.9 From all the threat'ning faces of

the wicked who me wafte,
And from my deadly enemies,

who me around inveft.
io In their grofs fat they are enclos'd,

boaft with their mouths likewife 5

11 In all our fteps they compafs us ;

to earth they bow their eyes,

12 They like a roaring lion are,

who greedy is for prey ;

Like a young lion watching irt

his iecret place, are they.

13 But LORD arife, his face prevent ;

O make him down to bow ;
And from the wicked one, thy fword,
my foul deliver thou.

14 From mortal % men, thy hand, O LORD9

from mortal men % me fave,
Who in this traniient time of life

their only portion have.
Thy hidden itores their bellies fill,

and filled are their fons 5
And all the reft they fave and le ave

to their young little ones. 15 But

J The HebreiuWord being derived from another which
tigmbcs Death, I apprehend it may imply Men who are
not only mortal themfilvestb\it dltebringDeatb Qnotbsrs.

*4 P'S ji L M XVIII.

15 But I in righteoufnefs thy face
wich joy fhall clearly fee ;
Ana wakjng with thine image, 1
ffeiil fatislied be.

PSALM XVIII.

ATfahn of David, the Servant of the Lord ; win
Jpake to the Lord the Wotds of this Scrg in ike
Day that the Lord delivered him from all his Ene-
mies y and from the Hand of Saul : and he f aid ;

1 T ORD thee my iTrength I'll dearly love :
-^ 2 7 heLORD's my rock f and refuge fure,
My fortrefs, iaviour, God and fhield,
My reck, J on wKi m I reft fecure ;
My horn of fafety, || mv high tow'r :

5 JEHOVAH I will calf on Thee
Whq worthy to be praifed art ;
So from my foes fav'd I fhall be.

4 Amazing forrovvs feiz'd my foul,
While death its cords * around me laid ;
As when impetuous torrems roll
Ungodly men my foul dlfmay'd.

5 Trie cords of hell encompafs'd me,
And death it's fnares around me drew ;
They feiz'd and caught me unawares,
E'er I th' approaching dinger knew. *

6 DiftreiVd, I called on the LORD,
Cry'd to my God, and He did hear ;
Ke from Ins temple heard my voice,
My cry receiv'd into his ear.

7 And then the earth affrighted (hook,
The utmoft trembling on it feiz'd :
The mountains their foundations mov'd,
Becaufe they faw him high difplcas'd. 8

f i. e. my High Rock. J i.e. my Great & 'Fir //;Rock.
|| The Hebrew fignilies boLli Safety and Salvation.

PSALM XVIII. 2 <

8 Smoke from his noftrjls there atofe ;
And fire d vouring dreadfully
Forth from his mouth there i filled ;
Bright coals enkindled were thereby.

9 The heav'ns aioft He made to bow,
Defceriding in a martial form ;
And all beneath his feet appear'd,
Thick darknefs, and a gathering ftorm.

io He on a flying cherub rode,
In his exalted majefty :
And op the wings of fwifteft winds,
He irrefiftibly did fly.

ii He darknefs made his (ecref place :
His awful covert round him were
Darknefs of waters and thick clouds,
Which overfpread the gloomy air.

12 But at the brightness flafiijng forth
Before him, his thick clouds confpire
To pafs along, and call abroad
Hail-iiones, and burning coals of fire.

[ 2 Part. ]

13 From heav'n JEHOVAH thundred loud;
The higherr. gave his mighty voice ;
Hail-flones, and glowing coals of fire
He caft with dreadful pow'r and noife.

14 His arrows forth he fent abroad,
Which made my foes difoerfe and fly ;

lightnings ihot and multiply'd, *
"Which them defeated utterly.

15 Then were the waters channels feen,
The world's foundations op'ned were,
At thy rebuke LORD, at the Waft
Of thy difpleafure's breath, laid bare.

16 From

26 PSALM XVIII.

j 6 From heav'n he fent and on me feiz'd,
And from the mighty waters drew ;

17 He fav'd me from my mighty foes,
Whofe pow'r too mighty for me grew.

18 In my dark day they melfurpriz'd ;
Yet was the LORD a flay to me.

19 Becaufe in me He took delight,
He hath enlarg'd and fet me free.

20 The LORD rewarded my pure hands,
And recompenc'd my upright heart ;

21 For I did keep JEHOVAH's ways,
Nor wickedly my God defert.

22 For all his laws before me were,
His ftatutes from me put not I :

23 Yea I before him was upright,
Anc? kept from mine iniquity.

24 According to my uprightnefs
Therefore the LORD rewarded me ;
And to the purenefs of my hands,
Which his all-viewing eye did. fee.

[ 3 P*r*- ]

25 Thou gracious to the gracious art, '
To upright ones wilt upright be ;

26 Pure to the pure ; but itrive with them
Who froward are, and itrive with thee.

27 For thou wilt the afflicted fave,

And high looks thou wilt bring down low :

28 But Thou wilt light my lamp ; the LORD
My God, my darknefs mine into.

29 By thee with dauntlefs courage fir'd,
Embattled troops I pierced thro' :
And by my God amfting me,

I fcal'd the ramparts of my foe.

30 The

PSALM XVIII. 27

30 The way of God moll perfect is ;
JEHOVAH's word is thro'ly try'd ;
Kc is their thield, their fure defence,
Who ftedfaftly in him confide.

31 For who is God except the LORD ?
Or who a rock our God beiide ?

32 It's God who girdeth me with ftrength,
And in a perfect way does guide :

33 He makes my feet fwift as the roe ;
On my high places makes me ftand 5

34 Mine arms can break the brazen bow, f
So well for war he taught my hand.

35 The fhield of thy falvation Thou
Beftowed likewife haft on me ;

And thy right hand hath me upheld ;
Thy favour made me great to be.

[ 4 Part. ]

36 My fteps Thou mad'ft both large and fure,
As I my flying foes purfu'd :

37 I overtook them : nor did turn,
Till I had wholly them fubdu'd.

38 So fatally I wounded them, •

In vain they try'd their heads to rear ;
And all bereav'd of ftrength they fell,
Beneath my feet, and grovel'd there.

39 Thou girdeft me with fortitude
To battle with my mighty foes ;
And haft fubdued thern to me
Who fiercely up againft me rofe.

40 The necks of ail mine enemies,
By Thee to me fubjeited are ;
That I might juftly cut them off*
Who to me mortal hatred bear.

41 They
•fHib.Septua^intySyrisickyArabickiMontanus^infzUQrtkkQ,

28 PSALM XVIII.

41 They cry'd and call'd out earnestly ;
But there was none appear'd to fave :
Yea even to the LORD himfelf ;

But He to them no anfwer gave.

42 Then like the dull: driv'n all abroad,
When boift'rous wines arife and blow,
I beat them fmall ; 2nd as the dirt
Into the ftre'c't, I them did throw.

43 From all the people's drivings Thou
Haft me deliv'red this glad day,
And of the nations made me head :
People unknown (hall me obey.

44 At the rlrft hearing they'l jubmit :
Strangers (hall bow themfelvis tome :

45 The Grangers ions ihall fade away,
And from their coverts frighted be.

[ 5 fan, ]

46 Live LORD, and let my rock be blefs'd ;
My Saviour God f exalted be ;

47 God wrho avenges me, and who
brings down the people under me.

48 My iaviour * from mine enemies :
Yea me thou haft advane'd indeed
Above them that againft me rofe,
And from the vi'lent man me freed.

49 Therefore among the nations ,LORD,
To Thee my thanks I will proclaim ;
To Thee, victorious loudly will
Sing forth the praifes of thy name.

50 He great deliv'rance gives his king,
And boundleis favour has in ftore,
For his Messiah, J David fure,
And for kis Seed || for evermore. PSJL.

■f Heb.God of my Salvation. % Heb. Sept. Syr Arab. &c.
I David was the'fiyptcal Messiah, and CnRrsT bis
fromifed Seed the Real.

PSALM XIX. 29

PSALM XIX.

*~pHe heav'ns on high abroad declare
■*- the majefly of God ;
And forth the firmament doth fhow,
his handy work abroad.

2 Day fpeaks to day, and night to night,

the knowledge hath declar'd.

3 There neither fpeech nor language is

where their voice is not heard.

4 Their line thro' all the earth is gone ;

and to the utmoft end
Of all the world, their founding words,
their clear inftruclion fend.

5 In them a vaft pavilion he

hath fpread around the fun ;
A bridegroom from his chamber goes,
itrong, his glad race to run.

6 From the cad: end of heav'n he goes, >22£^1

afcends, and round he flies,
To the weft end ; and from his heat
there nothing hidden lies.

[ 2 Part. ]

7 JEHOVAH's law moft perfect is,'

and does the foul convert :
JEHOVAH's testimony fure ||
makes wife the fimple heart.

8 The ftatutes of the LORD are right,

and they rejoyce the heart ;
The LORD's commands are clear; and they
light to the eyes impart.

9 Both

[| Or faithful : fa the Hebrew, Greek, Cbaldee, Syriack,
Arabick, Montanus, Ainfiwortb, &C.

j* PSALM XX.

9 Both pure and everlafting is
JEHOVAH's facred fear :
JEHOVAH's judgments are the truth,
and wholly righteous are.

10 Than gold, than much refined gold,

more to be prized far ;
Sweeter than honey, or the juice
in honey-combs they are.

11 By them thy fervant warned is,

[bis heart and life to guard ;]
In carefully obferving them,
there is a great reward.

12 Who can his errors fully know ?

from fecret faults cleanfe me ;
And from prefumptuous fins do Thou:
keep me thy fervant free.

13 O never fuffer them to have

dominion over me ;
Then I fhall rightly walk, and from
great fin preferved be.

14 LORD let the fpeeches of my mouth.,

and thoughts within my heart,
To Thee be pleafing ; who my rock
and my redeemer art.

PSALM XX. A Pjalm of David, .

1 TEHOVAH hear thee in the day
J of thy calamity ;

The name of Jacob's mighty God
defend || and fet thee high : ||

2 Help fend thee from his holy place,

and ftrength from Zion give.

3 Remember all thy offerings,

and facrifice receive. (Selah.) 4 Grant

J! The Hebrew feems to comprehend thtm Both. See
PeoL'sSynopfts, dwfwrtb, xteEngliJh Margin, kQ.

PSALM XXI. 31

4 Grant thee according to thy heart ;

thy counfel all fulfil :

5 In thy falvation granted, we

rejoyce with fhouting will.
And in the name of our own God

our banners we will rear :
Moft kindly hear thee may the LORD

and anfwer all thy pray'r.

6 Now know I that JEHOVAH will

fave his Messiah * dear,
With his right hand of ftrength ; and froir.
his holy heav'n he'll hear.

7 In chariots fome their confidence,

and fome in horfes fet ;
But of the LORD our God the name
we never will forget.

8 So we (hall rife and ftand upright,

while they bow down and fall.
Save LORD, and hear us let the king,
when we to him do call.

PSALM XXI. A PJalm ofDmd.

1 TEHOVAH in thy ftrength
J the king f (hall joyful be :
In thy falvation, how exult

exceedingly (hall he !

2 Thou granted haft to him

that which his heart would have ;
Yea thou from him haft not with-held
all that his lips did crave. (Selab.)

3 With

* In Hebrew, Chaldee k Arabick, ti s — his Messiah "->
and in the Septuagint and ancient Latin — £mChr.ist :
i.e. David his Typiaal,and Christ his#m/MEssiAH«

■\ The Cbaldee fays,; — The King Messiah . i.e. David
the Typical ', & Ch rut the Real Messiah. See */. 4.

3#S P S A L M XXL

3 With bleflings very irrtat

thou haft prevented him ;
Or nneft gold, then on his head,
ha;l jet a di idem.

4 Of Thee he sfci d h e ;

to him Thou didft it give,
Yea fuch a length of days, that he
for evermore ihouid live,

5 In thy falvat'on is

his glory very great,
Honour and majefty thou haft
dimnguifh'd on him let.

6 For thou tor evermore

halt him moft blefled- made ;
Thou ftiajc'jt Ivm with thy countenance-
to be 'exceeding glad.

7 Becaufe the Kmg does truft xg^gy

upon JEHOVAH j He,
Thro' mercy of the higheft One$
(hall never moved be..

8 Thy hand (hall 'find out all

Who foes to thee ftil] are ;
And thy right hand fhail find out them
who hatred to thee bear.

9 Like as a h'ry -ov'n,

thine an?er make them fhall :
The LORD in v. rath wiJl them devour •
and fire confume them all.

10 Thou wilt deftroy their fruit,

from off the earth, their race ;

So that among the fons of men

their feed (hall have no place :

ii Becaufe againft thee they
a mifclv.ef did intend ;
A wicked plot did they devife ;

but cannot reach their end. 12 For

PSALM XXII. 33

12 For thou wilt mr.ke them fly,

whenever thou (halt place
Thine arrows ready on tiie firing,
and point them at their face.

13 Exalt thy felf, O LORD !

thy ftrength in glory raife ;
So joyful pfalms we'll fing to Thee«j
thy mighty pow'r we'll praife.

PSALM XXII. A Pfalm of David.
[The Su/fefings, Prayers, and Praifes ^Christ.]

1 ]V/J Y God, my God, wherefore haft thou
*•*•* forfaken me ? || and why

Art thou fo far from helping me,
and from my earner!: cry ?

2 My God, I in the day-time cry,

but me thou dolt, not hear ;
And in the night-time, but to me
no quiet reft is there.

3 Nevertheless* thou holy art,

who conftantly doft dwell,
Among the thankful praifes of
thy people Ifrael.

4 Our fathers heretofore in Thee

did put their confidence ;
They trufted Thee, and Thou to them
didft give deliverance.

5 To Thee they cry'd cut earneftly,

and then falvation came ;
They plac'd their truft in Thee alone,
and were not put to fhame.

6 But as a worm, and not a man,

I'm us'd as one forlorn ;
I'm the reproach among the high,
among the low the icorn.

D 7 With

H. So Jbsvs crted out on the Crcfs, Mat. xxvii, 46.

34 PSALM XXIL

7 With laughter all the gazing crowd

my agonies furvey ;
They (hoot the lip, they make the head,
and thus deriding fay ;

8 < You on JEHOVAH caft your kit,

6 that He might you redeem ;
* Let him now come and refcue you,
4 fince you delight in him.'

9 But thou art He who from the womb

didft tenderly me take :
When I was on my mother's breafts
to hope Thou didft me make.
10 I even from the womb have been
entirely caft on Thee ;
And from my mother's bowels Thouy
haft been a God to me,
[ 2 Part, ]
ir Be not Thou far away from me,
now trouble is fo near ;
For there is none to give me helpy
unlefs Thou wilt appear.

12 My foes, as bulls on- ev'ry fide

have me encompaffed ;
Like mighty bulls of Bafhan have
me round environed,

13 Their mouths they open upon mey

yea open wide do they ;

Like lions ravenous who roar

when feizing on their prey.

14 Like water I am poured out ;

my bones disjointed are ;
My heart amidft my bowels melts,
like wax amidft the fire.

15 My ftrength is like a potfherd dry'd,

my parched tongue cleaves faft
To my dry mouth, and to the duft
of death, me brought Thou haft.

PSALM XXII. ^

26 Like furious dogs they me furround ;
in crouds the wicked meet ;
Their rude affembly me enclofe,
and pierce my hands and feet.

17 Ev'n I may number all my bones ;

on me they look and ftare :

18 For my whole vefture, lots they caft,

and they my garments (hare.

19 But be not far, O LORD, my ftrength ;

hafte Thou to fuccour me.

20 A4y precious foul, both from the fword9

and pow'r of dogs fet free.

21 O fave me from the lion's mouth ;

as Thou haft anfwer'd me,
When on the horns of unicorns
I cry'd aloud to Thee.

22 Then to my brethren I'll declare

the glories of thy name j
Amidft the congregation I
thy praifes will proclaim.

[ 3 P^U ]

23 All ye who fear the LORD, Him praife ;

all Jacob's feed who are,
Him glorify ; all Ifrael's feed,
do ye Him greatly fear.

24 For He th' affliction of the poor,

nor loaths, nor does defpife ;
Nor hides his face from him, but hear©
when loud to Him he cries.

25 Ev'n in the congregation great,

my praife is of Thee (iill :

Before them who Him reverence

perform my vows I will.

D 2 26 The

36 P S A L M XXIII.

26 The meek (hall feed, and be fuffie'd :

and praife the LORD ihall ye
Who feek his faee > your heart (hall live
ev'n to eternity.

27 All ends of th' earth remember (hall,

and turn all to the LORD :
Thee all the heathen families
to worihip (hall accord :

28 Becaufe to our JEHOVAH does

the kingdom appertain ;
And He among the nations is
the ruler fovcre

29 Earth's rich ones cat, and worlhip (hall,

all who to duft defcend
(For none can keep alive their fouls)
before his face (hall bend.

30 A feed for ever (hall Him ferve,

which to the Lord alone
A generation (hall he calfd
which He will ever own.

31 They (hall come forth, and (hall declare

his glorious righteoufnefs ;
To generations yet unborn,
that He hath done all this.

PSALM XXIII. A Pfalm of David.

1 '"pHe LORD himfelf my fhephcrd is,

•*■ want therefore (hail not I :

2 He in tKe folds f of tender graft

fort makes me down to lie :
He leads me to the waters ftill :

3 Reftore my foul does He :
In paths of righteoufnefs He will

for his kname fake lead me. 4 Tho

f i. e. End of ur a for Flocks ot Sheep,

PSALM XXIV. 37

Tho' in death's gloomy vale I walk,

yet I will fear no ill ;
For Thou art with me ; and thy rod

and ftafF me comfort will.
Thou haft for me a table fpread

in prefence of my foes :
Thou doft my head with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.

Goodnefs and mercy all my days

{hall furely follow me ;
And in the LORD's houfe I mall dwell

as long as days * fhall be.

PSALM XXIV. A Pfalm of David.

npHe earth is all the LORD's,
*■■ it's fulnefs all is his ;
The world and all who dwell therein

his own pofTeflion is.
For its foundation He

upon the feas hath laid ;
And it on the unliable floods

hath firm efhblifhed.

But who jEHOVAH's hill

(hall happily afcend ?
And in his place of fanclity,

who fhall oh Him attend ?
. The man whGfe hands are clean,

whofe heart is pure ; and he
Who hath not lift his foul to liet,

nor fworn deceitfully.

; The benediction he

fhall from the LORD receive,
And righteoufnefs fhall from the God

of his falvation have. 6 Or

* So the Hebrew and all the ancient Verfions.

38 PSALM XXV.

b Of thofe who feek for Him,
this is the blefTed race ;
And they are Jacob's genuine feed
who chiefly feek thy face. {Selah.)

[ 2 Port- J II
7 Ye gates lift up your heads,
eternal doors give way ;
Lift up on high, that enter in
the king of glory may.
S Who is this glorious king ?
we beg you now declare !
He is JEHOVAH great in pow'r,
the mighty LORD of war.

9 Ye gates lift up your heads,
eternal doors give way ;
Lift up on high, that enter in
the king of glory may.
jo Who is this glorious king ?
reveal and let us fee !
He's the triumphant LORD of hofts :
this glorious king is He. (Selah.)

PSALM XXV. J Pfilm of Dzvid.
I >"pO Thee, O LORD, I lift my foul ;
1 2 My God, I truft in Thee :
Let, me not be afham'd ; nor let
my foes joy over me.
3 Yea, let not any be afham'd,
who hope and wait on Thee :
But all who are unjuft f and vain, %

let them afhamed be. 4 Thy

jj The following Vcrfes fecm to reprefent both the
victorious Entrance of Christ by his Word & Spirit
into thtHearts of the Children of Men on Earth, and
his triumphant Entrance into Heaven.

f Sept. Syr. Arab : % Cbaldee : and the Hebrew may
include Both.

PSALM XXV. 39

4 Thy ways, JEHOVAH, to me (how,

thy paths make me difcern ;

5 O make me in thy truth to go,

and eaufe Thou me to learn.
For of my health Thou art the God,
on Thee I wait all day :

6 Thy bowels LORD, and mercies mind ;

for, ever more are they.

7 Remember not my faults of youth,

ncr later fins record :
In mercy, for thy goodnefs fake
remember me, O LORD.

8 The LORD is good and juft ; therefore

the way He'll finners ihow :

9 The meek He will in judgment guide,

and make his way to know.

ip JEHOVAH's paths all mercy are,
and truth all of them too,
To them who keep his covenant
and teftimonies do.
1 1 JEHOVAH, for thy own name fake,
I humbly Thee intreat
To pardon mine iniquity,
for it is very great.

[ 2 Part. J

f 2 Who fear the LORD, them He will teach,
the way that they mould chufe ;

13 Their fouls mail dwell at eafe j their feed

as heirs the earth fhall ufe.

14 With them who humbly fear the LORD,

his fecret love doth dwell ;
And his mod gracious covenant
to them He will reveal.

D 4 15 Mine

4» PSALM XXVI.

15 Mine earneft eyes continually

rais'd to JEHOVAH are ;
For He it is that can fet free
my feet out of the fnare.

16 O turn Thou now to me thy face,

and on me mercy (how ;
For I am in a lonely cafe,
afflicted, poor, and low.

17 The troubles of my heart are great ;

bring me from my diftrefs,

18 My pain and my affliction fee,

and all my fins releafe.

19 Confider Thou mine enemies .;

for multiply'd they are,
And it a cruel hatred is

which they againft me bear.

20 O.do Thou fafely keep my foul,

do Thou deliver me ;
And let me never be alham'd,
becaufe I truft in Thee.

21 Let foundnefs and let uprightnefs *

keep me who wait * on Thee :

22 From all his troubles Ifrael

O GOD, do Thou fet free.

PSALM XXVI. A Pfdtm p/David.

1 TUdge me, O LORD, as I have waik'd
J in mine inteerity :

And as I on JEHOVAH truft,
Aide therefore lhall not I.

2 O fearch and prove me LORD ; and try

my reins, my heart likewife :

3 For in thy truth I walk, and fix
thy grace f before mine eyes.

4 With
f Hebrew— Loving-kindnefs or Benignity.

PSALM XXVII, 41

4 With perfons vain 1 have not fat,

nor with diflemblers gone :

5 All evil company I hate,

and a!l the wicked (hun.

6 In purenefs, LORD, I'll wafh my hands ;

thine altar then furround,

7 With thankful voice that I may tell,

and all thy wonders found.

8 The dwelling of thy houfe, O LORD

moft clearly love do I ;
The place and tabernacle where
reiides thy majefty.

9 With bloody or with wicked men,

O gather not my foul ;

10 Whole hands with fraud, & whofe right hands

with bribery are full.

1 1 But I in my integrity

will walk, fecur'd by Thee :
O me redeem, and of thy grace
be merciful to me.

12 Upon an even place my foot

Hands firm in uprightnefs :
In the afTemblies * therefore I
the LORD will ever blefs.

PSALM XXVII. J Pfilm of David.

1 npHe LORD my light and Safety % is :

-*■ who (hall make me difmay'd ?
The LORD is of my life the ftrength :
who (hall make me afraid ?

2 For when my fpiteful enemies

me to devour drew near ;
To {tumble and fall down at once,

by Him they forced were. 3 Againft

X Safety oi-'Salvation, Heb; or Sav l ovR,^rabici :
h comprehends them all.

42 PSALM XXVII.

3 Againft me tho' an hoft encamp,

my heart undaunted is :
If war againft me mould arife,
I am fecure in this ;

4 One thing I afked of the LORD,

which ftill I will requeft ;
That in the LORD's houfc all my days
I happily may reft ;

That I the beauty of the LORD

may view, and there admire ;
And in his holy temple may

continually enquire.

5 For He in his pavilion will

me hide in evil days ;
In fecret of his tent me hide,
and on a rock me raife :

6 Moreover at this time my head

on high mall lifted be,
Above my num'rous enemies,

who round encompafs me.;
Therefore a facriflce of joy,

and fhouting * I will bring
Into his tent ; and fing aloud,

praife to JEHOVAH fing.

[ 2 Part. ]

7 While with my earned voice I cry,

me O JEHOVAH hear ;
O have Thou mercy upon me,
and to me give thine ear.

8 When Thou to feek thy blefTed face,

me kindly doft advife ;
Thy blefTed face, LORD, I will feek, "
my grateful heart replies."

9o

PSALM XXVIII. 43

q O hide not Thou thy countenance,
an ay from me therefore ;
Thy lervant put thou not avvny
in thy difpleafure fore.
My helper Thou haft ever been.

do not from me depart ;
Nor me forfake, for Thou the God
of my falvation art.

io My father and my mother both,
tho' they from me remove ;
Vet then the LORD will take me up,
and a kind father prove.
ii JEHOVAH teach Thou me thy way,
and be a guide to me,
In righteous paths, becaufe of thofe
who watch my faults to fee.

12 O give me not up to their will,

who are mine enemies :
Agamft me rife faife witnefTes,
who breath out cruelties.

13 I fhould have fainted, had not I

beiiev'd that 1 fhouid fee,
Ev'n in the land of living ones
the LORD's benignity.

14 Wait on the LORD, couragious be -,

and lie will ftrength afford

To thy faint heart : I fay again,

wait (till upon the LORD.

P S A L M XXVIIL A PJalm */David.

1 C\ LORD, my rock, to Thee I cry ;
^f Be not Thou filent then to me j
I ft by thy fiience, I like them
Defending to the pit fhould be.

2 Of

44 P S A L M XXVIII.

2 Of my intreaties hear the voice,
While to Thee loud for help I cry ;
While I lift up my hands towards
Thine oracle of fanctity.

3 With ill men draw me not away,
With workers of unrighteoufnefs ;
Who peace to all their neighbours fpeak,
But in their heart is wickednefs.

4 Thou wilt reward them for their deeds,
According to their ill intents ;
According to their handy- works,
Thou wilt them juftly recompence.

5 Since they JEHOVAH's, wonders flight,
And working of his hand difdain ;

He will them righteouily deftroy,
And will not build them up again.

6 The LORD be blefs'd ; for He hatfc heard
The voice of my imploring cry :

The LORD my ftrength, my fhield ; on Him
My heart rely'd, and help'd was I.

Therefore my heart exults with joy,
And with my foirg I'll Him confefs.

7 JEHOVAH is his people's ftrength,
The flrength of his Messiah * is.

8 Salvation to thy people give ;

And blefs Thou thine inheritance ;
Yea even to eternity
* Do Thou them feed and them advance.

[ This

* Of his Mess I ah ; HebretVyChaldee^Syriack, Arahick :
of his Christ ; ihcSeptuagint and ancient Latin : i.e.
both of David V\s Typical, and of the Man Christ
Jesus his Prcmifed and Real Messiah.

PSALM XXIX. 4j

[ This Verfe in common Metre. ]
! Salvation to thy people give ;
blefs thine inheritance j
And even to eternity

them feed and them advance.

PSALM XXIX. JPfalmofDzv'id.
i f\ Ye the Tons of mighty ones, f (f^Elim.)
^ give to the LORD on high !
All glory to JEHOVAH give,
and boundlefs potency.
i O to the LORD the glory give
which to his name is due :
In beauty of his holinefs,
down to JEHOVAH bow.

5 The LORD's voice on the waters founds,
the God of glory, hear,
Thunders aloud : JEHOVAH fits,
on many waters there.
4. The voice is full of pow'r, which founds
forth from the LORD on high :
JEHOVAH's mighty voice is full
of glorious majefty.

5 See how JEHOVAH's voice at once

the fhiv'ring cedars tares :
See how the LORD the cedars breaks
which Lebanon high rears.

6 Like calves He makes the mountains leap,*

ev'n That great Lebanon ;
And like a youthful unicorn,
that mountain Syrion.

7 JEHOVAH's voice ftrikes flames of fire,

and fcatters -them around :

8 JEHOVAH's voice the defart makes

to tremble with the found.

JEHOVAH

46 PSALM XXX.

JEHOVAH makes the wildernefs

of Kadefh (hake with fear :
9 TheLORD's voice makes the frighted Hinds
to caft their young ones there.
With glares of lightning thro' the dark

He makes the forefts bare.
But his full * glory He within
his temple does declare.

io The LORD fits on the floud as king ;

the LORD's reign ne'r mall ceafe :
II The LORD will give his people ftrength j

the LORD them blefs with peace.

PSALM XXX.
A Pfalm&Song at the Dedication oftheHoufe cfDzxid.

1 T ORD, I will Thee extol on high ;
"■^ for Thou haft made me rife ;
And joyful haft not made to be

o'er me mine enemies.

2 O LORD my God, I cry'd to Thee,

and Thou haft made me whole.

3 JEHOVAH, Thou ev'n from the grave

haft raifed up my foul :

Thou from the pit haft quick'ned me :

4 O fing ye to the LORD,
Ye faints of his, give thanks when ye

his holinefs record.

5 For but a moment * is his wrath ;

life in his love doth ftay :
Tho' weeping laft thro' all the night,
joy comes at break of day.

6 For in ray profp'rous ft ate I faid,

" I ne'r mall moved be ;

7 " Since, LORD my mountain by thy grace

" is made fo ftrong by Thee.

8 But

PSALM XXXI. 47

8 But quickly Thou thy face didft hide ;

I greatly was difmay'd :
LORD then I cali'd aloud on Thee,
and to the LORD thus pray'd ;

9 " What gain is in my blood when I

" into the pit go down ?
" Shall duft give glory then to Thee ?
" Shall it thy truth make known ?
io " Do Thou me, O JEHOVAH, hear ;
" and on me mercy have :
« To me, JEHOVAH, be Thou near,
" an helper me to fave !"

ii My mourning then into a dance
for me Thou turned haft ;
With gladnefs Thou haft girded mey
and off my fackcloth caft.
12 So (hall my glory fing thy praife,
and never filent be :
O LORD my God, I will give thanks
for evermore to Thee.

PSALM XXXI. APfalm of David,
i TN Thee, O LORD, I put my truft j
-* afham'd ne'r let me be :
According to thy righteoufnefs,
do Thou deliver me.
i Bow down thine ear to me : with fpeed
give me deliverance.
To fave me, be my rock of ftrength,
and houfe of my defence.

3 Becaufe Thou art my rock and fort,
in whom I will confide,
Therefore for thy name fake do Thou

me fafely, lead j| and guide. || 4 O

} i. e. ehhcrtLeaJme by thy Hand, and guide me by tbn*
Ep v or— Lead, yea lead me along continually.

48 P S A L M XXXI.

4 O pull me from the net which they,

for me in fecret laid ;
Becaufe Thou only art my ftrength,
in whom I truft for aid.

5 Imo thy hands I fafe commit

my foul ; for Thou art Pie,
O Thou JEHOVAH, God of truth,
who haft redeemed me. *

6 The men who lying vanities

regard, I have abhor'd :
Eut I have plae'd my confidence
alone upon the LORD.

7 I in thy mercy will exult

and will rejoyce ; for Thou
Did'ft my affiiclion fee and weigh,
my foul in trouble know ;

8 And didft not let my foe keep me3

enclofed in his hand ;
But in. the place of liberty
haft made my feet to ftand*

[ 2 Part. ]

9 O LORD, becaufe I am diftrefs'd,

in mercy fend relief:
My foul, my bowels, and mine eye,
confumed are with grief.

10 Becaufe my life with trouble fails ;

with groans my years decay ;
And for my (ins my ftrength is fpent,
my bones confume away.

11 To all my foes I am a fcorn,

neighbours efpecially ;
A fear to friends ; and thofe abroad
who fee me from me fly.

12 Ev'n

* Heb.Sipt. ancient Latin, Cbaldee, Syr. Arab,

PSALM XXXI. 49

12 Ev'n like a dead man, out of mind,

I quite forgotten lie ;
And as a potter's veiTel broke, ||
fo much defpis'd am I.

13 For flanders I of many heard,
I and fears around me lay,

While they confulted and devis'd
to take my life * away.

14 But all this while on Thee, O LORD,

I trufted ftill for aid j
" For Thou art my almighty God,"
my foul within me faid ;

15 My times are wholly in thy hand ;

now therefore fet me free
Far from the hand of all my foes,
and thofe who trouble me.

r 3 *«*' 3

16 The brightnefs of thy face to miae

on me thy fervant make ;
And thy falvation to me grant,
for thy free mercy fake.

17 LORD, let me not afhamed be ;

for call'd on Thee I have ;
But wicked men (hall be aiham'd,
till filent in the grave.

18 The lying lips (hall filenc'd be,

which grievous things have faid;
And hard reports in pride and fcorn
againft the righteous fpread.

E 19 How

I Heh. Sept. and ancient Latin — a VefTel deftroy'd ;
Arab, a VefTel broken ; Ckaidre, a Potter's Veflel
broken to Plecesi

jo P S A L M XXXII.

19 How great thy goodnefs in thy ftore,
for thofe who fear Thee, then !
Yea wrought for them who truft in Thee,
before the fons of men !

JO In fecret of thy prefence Thou

wilt fcreen them from man's pride ;
And fafely wilt from ftrife of tongues
in thy pavilion hide.

21 O let JEHOVAH bleffed be,

for wondrous kindnefs mown,
When threatning dangers me enclos'd
within a fenced town. ||

22 For in my hafte I tho't and faid ;

" I'm cut off from thine eyes,"
Yet when I cry'd to Thee, then Thou
didfl kindly hear my cries.

23 O love the LORD, all ye his faints !

the LORD the faithful guards ;
But thofe who live and act in pride,
He dreadfully rewards.

24 Encourage then your felves in him,

and he'll more ftrength afford
To your enfeebled hearts, all ye
whofe hope is in the LORD.

PSALM XXXII. APfalm of David.

BlefTed is the man to whom
trefpafs is pardoned ;
And he whofe faults of ev'ry kind

are wholly covered !
O blefled is the man, to whom
the LORD imputes not fin ;
And he who fuch a fpirit hath,

that guile is not therein. 3 For

No doubt alluding to his being in Ktihb j iSato.xxil
S—12,

O

PSALM XXXII. Si

3 For while I no confeflion made,

but filent kept my tongue,
My bones, as if with age, decay'd
with groaning all day long.

4 For heavily thy hand did lie

upon me day and night ;
That into fummer's (torching drought
my moifture turned quite. (Selab.)

5 At length my fin I did confefs,

with humble fhame to Thee ;
And hid not from Thee any part
of mine iniquity.

6 Againft my felf, I nid, " my fins

« I'll to the LORD confefs j"
And then of mine iniquity

Thou didit the guilt releafe. (Selab.)

7 For this each godly one to Thee

in finding time ihall pray :
Surely in floods of waters great,

reach to * him (hall not they.
Thou art my hiding place : thou wilt

from trouble keep X me free ;
With fongs of glad deliverance ;

thou wilt encompafs me. (Selab.)

8 To me thou fayft, " I'll thee inftrucT:,

" thee teach the way will I,
cc Wherein 'tis beft for thee to go,
" and guide thee with mine eye."

9 " Be neither like the korfe or mule,

" who never underftand ;
" Whofe mouths with bits and reins are held,
" to keep them in command.

£ 2 io To

* Hebrew, "Mynfter, Montanus, &c. i. e. being plac'd as
on the Top of a high Rock above theWaves i&jer.
Hebrew, Cbaldee, Montanus,

5t PSALM XXXIII.

10 " To ev'ry one who wicked is,

" (hall many griefs abound :
" But him who on the LORD relies,
" (hall mercy compafs round.''

11 Be glad, ye righteous, in the LORD,

greatly in Him rejoyce ;
And all who upright are in heart,
fliout with a joyful voice.

PSALM XXXIII.

1 \7E righteous, in the LorcU

* exceedingly rejoyce ;
For it is comely for th' upright*
with praife to lift their voice,

2 With pfaltries, harps and hites,

fing praifes to the LORD ;

3 A new fong loudly fing to Him,

with fkill and iweet accord j

4 Becaufe JEHOVAH's word

is altogether right ;
And all his work is done in truth*
and brings his truth to light,

5 He loves all righteoufnefs,

judgment and equity :
And all the earth is rilled with
the LORD's benignity.

6 For by JEHOVAH's word

the heav'ns had all their frame ;
And by the fpirit of his mouth,
all armies of the fame.

7 The waters of the fea

he gathers as an heap ;
In channels as in treafuries
he lays up all the deep.

PSALM XXXIII. yj

8 Let all throughout the earth,

the great JEHOVAH fear,

Let all the dwellers of the world

to Him deep revVence bear :

9 Becaufe he did but fpeak

the word ; and it was made ;
He did but his commandment give,
and it was firmly ftaid.

io JEHOVAH brings to nought
the fchemes of nations wife ;
He renders all in vain the plots
the fubt'left men devife.

11 The counfel of the LORD

abide for ever (hall ;
The cogitations of his heart.,
to generations all.

[ 2 Part. ]

12 O blefTed nation they,

whofeGod JEHOVAH is;
That people, for an heritage
He chofen hath as his.

13 The LORD from heav'n looks down,

on all the humane race :

14 He all who dwell around the earth

views from his dwelling place.

15 He fafhions at his will

the hearts of all mankind ;
And all their operations he
attentively does mind.

16 By multitudes of hofts

no king himfelf can fave,
The mighty by their greateft ftrength,
can not deliv'rance have,

E 5 "7*

54 P S A L M XXXIV.

17 A horfe a vain thing is

to fave one in' the light ;

Neither can he deliv'rance give

by greatnefs of his might.

18 But lo, who fear the LORD,

on them, He fets his eye ; ||
On them who place their lively hope
in his benignity.

19 To fave our fouls from death

by war and famine, free ;

20 Our fouls will for JEHOVAH wait ; :

our help and fhield is he.

21 We truft his holy name ;

fo our hearts in Him joy.

22 LORD, let thy mercy be on us,

as we on Thee rely.
PSALM XXXIV. A Pfilm of David,
when he changed his Behaviour before Abimelech ;
who drove him away,

1 TN all the feafons of my life
A JEHOVAH blefs will I,

And in my mouth his praifes (hall
abide continually.

2 My foul (hall glory in the LORD,

and praife him with my voice ;
And when the humble hear of this,
they greatly will rejoyce.

2 With me together, O do ye
JEHOVAH magnify j
And let us all herein agree,
to lift his name on high.
4 In my diftrefs I fought the LORD ;
and He to me gave ear,
And gracioudy deliver'd me

from all that was my fear. 5 rne?!i

H i. e. with a fatherly Care and Watch fulnefs.

P S A L M XXXIV. $$

5 They look'd to him -3 enlighten'd were ;

no (hame did them appall :

6 This poor man cry'd ; the LORD did hear,

and fave from troubles all.

7 The angels of the LORD encamp

and round about them ftand,
Who fear Him, to preferve them from
all evil near at hand.

8 How bountiful JEHOVAH is,

O tafte and lee likeWife !
t) great is that man's bleilednefs
who firm on him relies !

9 O ye JEHOVAH's holy ones,

fee that ye Him revere j
For there mall be no want to them
who Him fincerely fear.

io Young lions often fuffer want,1
and hungry, pine for food ;
But they who truly fear the LORD,
(hall want no real good.

[ 2 Part. ]

ii O come ye children now to me,
give ye attentive ear ;
And I will you inftruct ho;v ye
the LORD aright mall fear.

12 Who is the man that would have J life,

and many days defires,
That he may long enjoy the good
to which his heart afpires.

13 Thy tongue from evil keep, thy lips

from fpeaking guile keep thou :

14 Depart from evil and do good ;

feek peace and it purfue. 15 Upon

X So the Hebrew and all \he ancient Verfiom.

56 PSALM XXXV.

15 Upon the men who righteous are

the LORD doth fet his eye ;

And bows down his attentive ear,

when e'er to Him they cry.

16 Againfl: thofe who do wickedly

JEHOVAH fets his face ;
That he may quite from off the earth
their hateful mem'ry raze.

17 But when the righteous cry to Him,

JEHOVAH hears their call ;
And will deliv'rance give to them
out of their troubles all.

18 To thofe who broken are in heart,

the LORD is ever near ;
And He will furely fave fuch as
in fpirit contrite are.

19 Tho' the juft man has many griefs,

the LORD from all will free :

20 And all his bones He keeps fecure,

that none (ball broken be.

21 Evil (hall flay the wicked man ;

and all whoever hate
The righteous man, and ne'er repent,
(hall fure be defolate.

22 But who JEHOVAH ferve, their fouls

He freely will redeem :
Nor utterly (hall any fail,
who put their truft in Him.

PSALM XXXV. JPfilmofDzvld.

1 T ORD ftrive with them who with me ftrivej
■■^ Againfl them fight who fight with me :

% Ot fhield and buckler take thou hold j
And O arife my help to be.

3 Draw

PSALM XXXV. 57

3 Draw forth the fpear and (top the courfe
Of my purfuers fpeedily ;

And to my foul O do thou fay,
" I will a faviour be to Thee."

4 With (hame (hall they confounded be,
Who feek my harmlefs foul to feize ;
And with difgrace be turned back,
Who plot to do me injuries.

5 JEHOVAH's angel (hall them chafe
As chaff before the driving wind :

6 Their way (hall dark and ilippery be,
JEHOVAH's- angel drive behind !

7 For eaufclefly within a pit
They hid a net me to enfnare ;

A pit which they without a caufe
Did dig, and for my foul prepare.

8 But ruin on them unawares

Shall corns ; and in their hidden net
They fhall be caught, and ruin'd by
The fnare their hand for me had kt.

9 My foul mall in the LORD rejoyce.
In his falvation joyful te ;

10 And all my bones with joy (hall fing
" JEHOVAH, who is like to Thee !"
M Who fav'ft the poor and weak from thofe
" Who for him are too great and ftrong ;
" The poor and needy one from thofe
" Who him opprefs with fpoil and wrong !"

[ 2 Part. ]

ir Falfe witneffes arofe ; and things
I never knew, to me they laid *

12 1 o fpoil my foul, ungratefully
they evil for my good repaid.

i3

6ut

58 PSALM XXXV.

13 But as for me, when they were lick;
I put on fackdoth, and I-mourn'd ;
My foul with fatting griev'd ; my pray'r
Within my bofom oft return'd.

14 As for my friend or brother dear j
So tenderly behave did I ;

As for a dying mother wept,
And I bow'd downward heavily.

15 Yet they in my diftrefs rejoyce,
And they agsintt me gathered are ;
The bafeft meet unknown to me,
And never ceafe my name to tear. *

16 With fcoffing hypocrites at feafts,
Who get their bread with flatteries 5
They gnafh againft me with their teeth,
and iland'rous jells on me devife.

17 O Lord how long wilt thou look on ?
From their deftruclion refcue me !
My precious foul make hafte to fave,
My deareft from young lions jree !

18 So I to Thee will render thanks
Within the congregation great ;
And 1 will celebrate thy praife,
Where multitudes to worihip meet.

[ 3 P"t. ]

19 O let them not o'er me rejoyce,
Who are my wrongful enemies ;
Nor thofe who hate me caufelefly,
Deride me with their fcornful eyes.

20 For they, nor fpeak, nor aim for peace j
But they the words of fraud contrive,
Againft thofe people in .the land
Who love in quietnefs to live.

21 Yea

21

22

PSALM XXXVI. 59

Yea they with open mouths on me
Laiigh out and 'fay, « Our eye it faw !"
LORD,Thou haft ieen : hold not thy peace :
Lord do not far from me withdraw.
23 O to my judgment and my caufe

My God, my Lord; awake and rife :
2± LORD judge me in thy righteoufnefs,
My God, left they o'er me rejoyce.

2 c O never let their hearts exult,

" Ha ! ha 1 our fouls defire have we i

Nor ever fuffer them to boaft,

That they have wholly fwallow'd me.

26 Confounded and alham'd (hall be
All thofe who at my hurt are glad ;
And thofe who now againft me boaft,
With (hame and with difgrace be clad.

27 Let thofe who love my righteous caufe,
Reioyce and fhout ; and never ceafe
To fay, " The LORD be magmfy'd,

« Who loves to fee his fervants peace."

28 And fo, 'to fhout thy righteoufnefs,
Shall be th' employment of my tongue
And thy high praifes to fet forth,
From day to day, and all day long. J

PSALM XXXVI. APfahn of David,
the Servant of the Lord.

1 fpHe trefpafs of the wicked man

A fo plain and open lies ;
My heart concludes, the fear of GOD
is not before his eyes.

2 For in his o,vn deceitful view

felf-natteries abound ;
Till his iniquity breaks out,

and odious is found. 3 l llc

% TteHtbrew comprehends all this Line.

60 PSALM XXXVI.

3 The words that iflue from his mouth,

are vain and guileful too ;
He quite hath ceafed to be wife,
and any good to do.

4 Yea, when he lies upon his bed,

he mifchief meditates ;
He fets himfelf in no good way,
nor any evil hates.

[ 2 Part. ]

5 Thy mercy O JEHOVAH is

within * the heav'ns on high ;
Thy faithfulnefs does alfo reach
above the cloudy (ky.

6 Like mountains great % thy righteoufnefs !

thy judgments a great deep !
Both man and beaft, Thou kindly LORD
doft condefcend to keep. %

7 O GOD, thy loving-kindnefs is

of wondrous excellence :
Therefore in fhadow of thy wings,
men's fons put confidence.

8 Ev'n of the fatnefs of thy houfe,

they to the full (hall take ;
And of the ftream of thy delights,
to drink Thou wilt them make.

9 Becaufe the flowing fpring of life,

ever abides in thee -,
And in thy light, the light of grace
and glory we (hall fee.

10 O ftretch thy loving-kindnefs forth

to all who Thee do know ;
And to all thofe of upright heart

thy righteoufnefs dill (how. n O

% The Hebrew may be render'd either the Mount aim of
God, or the great Mountains.
% The Hebrew figni/ics— freferve and keep.^

PSALM XXXVII. 61

1 1 O fufter not the foot of pride

to make approach to me ;
Nor by the hand of wicked men
let me removed be.

12 Lo There they all are fallen down,

who work iniquities ;
Down are they caft, and never (hall
be able to arife.

PSALM XXXVII. A PJalm */David.

1 Tj^Ret not thy felf at wicked men,
* for their profperity j

Nor be thou envious at the men,
who work iniquity.

2 For like the grafs that flourifhed,

cut quickly down are they ;
And like the green and tender herb,
fhall wither foon away.

3 Upon JEHOVAH put thy truft,

and be thou doing good ;
So (halt thou dwell within the land,
and truth || (hall be thy food.

4 See that thou fet thy heart's delight

chiefly upon the LORD ;
Then the juft wi(hes of thy heart
to thee He will afford.

5 Upon the LORD devolve * thy way,

by faith on Him depend ;
And He will bring thy good defigns
to a moll happy end.

6 Yea, like the mining iight will he

thy righteoufnefs difplay ;
And He thy judgment will bring forth
clear-mining as noon-day. 7 Reft

(j In the Hebrew tis — Feed en Truth , i. e. not thy ovunt
nor theTruth ofMen,b\it ofv'OD. /)*«/. viii, 3. MtfMv.4.

Ste Mont anus, dnjenarius, Bupctorf^ Schindler,Bytbner,

62 PSALM XXXVII.

7 Reft on the LORD, and patiently

wait for Him ; fret not thou
At him who profpers in his way
in ill devices now.

8 All wrath relinquifh * utterly ;

ceafe from rafh anger too :
In no wife fret thy k\f9 to move
thee any ill to do.

9 For, thofe who evil doers are,

fhall be cut off and fall ;
But thofe who on JEHOVAH wait
the earth inherit fhall.

10 For, yet a little while, and here

the wicked fhall not be.
Yea thou (halt look and view his place,,
but him thou (halt not fee.

11 Whereas the meek and humble lhall

the earth as heirs poffefs ;
And thankfully delight themfelves
in plenteou|nefs of peace.

[ 2 Part. ]

12 The wicked plot againft the juft :

they gnafh their teeth and foam ;

13 But them the Lord derides, and fees

their fatal day will come.

14 The wicked forth their fword have drawn,

and bent their bow have they ;
To call: the poor and needy dowrn,
and upright men to flay.

if 5 But their ownfwords into their hearts
fhall enter fuddenly ;
Their bows which they have bent fhall all
in pieces broken be.

16 The
* So ihe Hebrew) Septvagint, and ancient Latin.

P S A L M XXXVII. 63

16 The little that a righteous man

enjoys, is better far,
Than when to many wicked join'd
their ftores of riches are.

17 For of ungodly men the arms

mall wholly broken be ;
But thofe who righteous are, the LORD
will hold up carefully.

18 The LORD, the days of upright men

exactly knows ; and fure
Their promifed inheritance
for ever mall endure.

19 In dangerous and evil times,

from ihame they (hall be free ;
And when the days of famine come,
they fatisfy'd mail be.

20 But wicked men (hall perifh foon ;

and who the LORD provoke,
Shall like the fat of lambs confume,
and vanifh into fmoke.

[ 3 Part. ]

21 The man ungodly borrows much,
and takes no care to pay ;

Whereas the juft man mercy (hews,
and freely gives away.

22 For fuch as biefled are by Him, |j

the earth inherit fhall :
But thofe who by Him curfed are,
(hall be cut off and fall.

23 The fteps of good men by the LORD

are ordered aright ;
And in their good and righteous way,
He takes a great delight.

24 Altho8
I I. e, by the Lord, w, i 8—20.

<54 PSALM KXXVII.

24 Altho' they fall, yet (hall they not

be caft down utterly ;
Becaufe JEHOVAH with his hand
upholds them carefully.

25 Nor in my youth, nor in my age,

ev'n to my hoary head ;
Nor have I leen the juft forfook,
nor their feed begging bread. ||

26 He fhews his mercy ev'ry day,

and lends to thofe who need ;
And bleftings he behind him leaves,
to all his godly feed.

27 Wherefore from evil far depart ;

do good ; and then befure,
Thou (halt have fuch a dwelling place
as ever (hail endure.

28 Becaufe the LOR.D doth judgment love,

his faints foriakes not He ;
Kept ever are they ; but cut off,
the finner's race (hall be.

29 The juft inherit fnall the land,

and ever therein dwell.

30 The juft man's mouth does wifdom fpeak ;

his tongue right judgment tell.

31 His God's pure law is in his heart ;

none of his fteps (hall ftray.

32 The wicked watches for the juft,

and feeks for him, to (lay.

33 But yet JEHOVAH will not leave,

the juft man in his hands j
Nor will the righteous man condemn,
when He in judgment ftands.

[ 4 Part-]
I i. e. It was Then (0 rare in I/rael, that David in aU
his Time had never feen it.

PSALM XXXVII. 6s

[ 4 Pert. ]

34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way ;

and Thee exalt will He,
Th' earth || to inherit, when cut off
the wicked thou flialt fee.

35 The wicked man I have beheld

in dreadful pow'r and pride ;
Ev'n like a laurel * flourifhing*
and fpreading far and wide.

36 Nevertheiefs he pafs'd away,

and, lo he quite was gone ;
I fearched for him, but could find
no glimpfe of fuch a one.

37 But mark the perfect, and obferve

the man of uprightnefs ;
And thou (halt fee, that of this man
the latter end is peace.

38 Whereas thofe who tranfgreflbrs are9

together perifh (hall ;
To be cut off (hall be the end
of men ungodly all.

39 But the falvation of the juft

does 'from JEHOVAH come ;
And he's their ftrength to whom they look
in times mod troublefome.

40 Yea help and free them will the LORD j

he will defend the juft
From wicked men ; He will them fave,
becaufe in Him they truft.

F PSAL,

I By Earth may pofiibly here be meant the New Earth
after theConflagration of This ; I/ai.\xv,\xv\.Ma/. iv,
2 Pet. iii. &c, when this Vfalm and many ethers mav
be ultimately and glorigufly fulfilled.

66 P S A L M XXXVIH.

PSALM XXXVIII.
A Pfihuf David, to bring to Remembrance*

1 T ORD m thy wrath rebuke me not,
" Nor in thine anger me chaitife :

2 For nVd in me thine arrows are,
And fore th»ne hand upon me lies.

3 No foundnefs is there m my fkfh,
Becauie thy wrath on me doth, lie h
Nor in my bones is any reit,
Becaufe or" mine iniquity.

4 Becaufe my many trefpalTes

Pafs'd o'er my head and palling are ;
And as a mighty burden, they
Too heavy prefs for me to bear.

5 My wounds are noifome and corrupt $
My fooiifhnefs has made them fo :

6 I'm bent and greatly bowed down.,
I ah day long a mourning go.

j Fill'd are my lo.ns with loathfom forcs^
And in my fkJh. is no found part :

8 I weak and lorely broken am,
I roar in anguilh of my hearts

[ 2 Part. ]
9 Lord, with Thee is my whole defire,
My groaning is not hid from Thee :

10 My heart pants hard, my itrength all fails,,
And mine eve fight is gone from me.

11 My lovers and familiar friends
Stand far off from my noifome fore :
My neighbours and my kindred dear
Aloof (land, nor come near me more.

12 Yea they who feek my life, lay fnares ;
And they who with to do me wrong,
Speak mifchief, and their hearts devife
Deceits againlt me all day long.

13 But

PSALM XXXIX. 07

13 But I, as deaf, feem'd not to bear ;
And filent, as one dumb was I ;

14 Was like a man * that did not hear,
And in whofe mouth is no reply.

15 For LORD, my hope againft my foes,
Is fixed wholly upon Thee ;

And Thou, O Lord my God, I truft
Wilt kindly hear and anfwer me.

16 O hear Thoujne faid I, leaft they
Should triumph over me with pride ;
Themfelves againft me magnify,
When they mall fee my feet to Aide.

17 For I am ready now to halt,
Thro' grief continually with me ;

18 Wherefore my faults I will declare,
And for my (ins will grieved be.

19 But lively are mine enemies,
Their pow'r moft formidably grows ;
They multiply with great encreafe,
Who are without a caufe my foes.

20 Yea thofe who ill for good return,
Are to me deadly enemies ;
And thus malicious are, becaufe
I what is s;ood purfue and prize.
JEHOVAH, O forfake me not !
My God, be not far off from me !

22 O Lard, who my falvation art,

Make hafte to help and fet me free !

PSALM XXXIX. APfahncf David,

1 T Said, I to my ways will look,
X left I fin with my tongue ;
With curb I'll keep my mouth while I
the wicked am among.

F % <x With

<53 PSALM XXXIX.

2 With filence I as dumb abode,

my mouth did I refrain
From fpeaking good ; but then the more
■ excited was my pain.

3 My heart within me waxed hot,

while I was mufing long ;
Until the fire enkindled was ;
then fpake I with my tongue.

4 O LORD, teach me to know mine end,.

and meafure of my days ;

How fhort it is, how frail I am,

how fwift my time decays.

5 Lo, Thou my days haft made a fpan?

mine age is nought to Thee :
At his beft ftate fure ev'ry man
is wholly vanity. (Selab.)

6 Sure man walks in an empty fliow,

and ftirs himfelf in vain ;
Who heaps up wealth, but knows not who
fhall gather all his gain.

[ 2 Part. J

7 And now, O Lord, what wait I for ?

my hope is fet on Thee :

8 Free me from all my trefpalles :

the fools feoff make not me.

9 I filent was, and fhut my mouth,

this done becaufe Thou haft :
io Remove thy ftroke away from me ;
by thy hands blow I walle.

II When with rebukes Thou chaftneft man
for his iniquity ;
His beauty, like a moth, confumes :
lure each man's vanity. (Selah.)

i% LORI>

PSALM XL. -ty

12 LORD hear my pray'r, regard my tears,

give ear to my loud cry :
For as my fathers all, with Thee,
a fojourner am I.

13 O fpare me for a little fpace,
and ftrength to me reftore,

Before, by death, from hence I go?
and fhall be here no more.

P S A L M XL. A PJalm of David,

1 Yylth expe&ation from the LORD,
* v I waited patiently ;
And He inclin'd to pity me,
and heard my humble cry.
He brought me from the dreadful pit9

and from the miry clay ;
And on a rock he fet my feet ;
eftablifhed my way : '

3 A new fong put He in my mouth,
to praife our God on high ;
'Which many (hall behold, and fear5
and on the LORD rely.
4. O greatly blefted are the men,
who in the LORD confide ;
Who value not the proud, nor fuch,
as turn to lies afide. *

[ 2 Part. ]

5 O LORD my God, how many are,
the wonders thou haft wrought ;
What multitudes of kindneues,

towards us haft thou thought.
Their fum, in order, never can

be reckon'd up to thee :
If I would count them they are more,
than e'er can number'd be.

P 3 7 Thou

70 P S A L M XL,

7 Thou doft no facrifice of beafts

nor ofPring now defire ;
Sin ofFrings thou required not,
nor ofFrings made by fire :

8 But mine ear pierceft : * then faid I5

' Lo now I come to Thee ;
4 As in the volume of thy book
1 'tis written thus of me ;'

*c To do thy will, is my delight,
" O Thou my God who art \

<c Yea thy whole law is fixed in
" the centre of my heart." ||

9 " I in the congregation great,

" thy righteoufnefs did mow :
** Lo, I have not refrain'd my lips,
JEHOVAH thou doft know.

10 " I have not in my heart conceal'd,

" thy perfect righteoufnefs ;
*« But thy falvation have declar'd,

" and fhown thy faithfulnefs.
" Neither thy great benignity

u have I at all conceal'd ;
Nor from the congregation great

" have I thy truth with-held. "

11 And now thy tender mercies, LORD,

with-hold thou not from me 5
But let thy mercy and thy truth
keep me continually.

12 For evils tfiore than can be told,

enccmpafs me around ;
My fins fo feize and hold me faft,
that they my fight confound.

They'r.

8 Thefe FafTages in ver. 7, 8, are exprefly applied t
the Man Christ Jesus, in Htk x.

P S A L M XLL 71

They're more than hairs upon my head,
my heart is quite difmayM :

13 O LORD, be pleus'dto refcue me,

LORD, hafien to my aid.

[ 3 ?** ;

14 With fhame be they confounded, who

my foul to ruin aim ;
Yea, all who evil wilh to me,
be driven back with fhame.

15 With mame their fpite mall be repaid,

who mock my hope in 7'hee ;
Who fport of me in trouble make,
they defolate mall be.

16 Let all who feek Thee, joy in Thee,

who firm in Thee conhde ;
Who thy falvation love, cry out,
" the LORD be magnity'd. "

17 I poor and needy am ; and yet

the Lord does think on me :
For Thou my help 'and faviour art :
my God me quickly free.

PSALM XLL A Pfalm of David.
I f\ Bh(s'd is he who does the poor
^-^ confider and relieve f Jf
The LORD deliv'rance will to him
in time of trouble give.
a The LORD will keep and make him live j
on earth he blefs'd (hall be ;
Thou wik not give him to the wili
of any enemy.

3 Upon his bed of languiming,
the LORD will him fuftain ;
Yea thou wilt eafy make his bed,

when lick or feiz'd with pain. 4 I

"No dQubt ^Original intends to to wjider as to rtUtw.

ft PSALM XLL

4 I faid, « JEHOVAH now to me

" thy tender grace I crave
" Heal Thou my wounded foul, becaufe,
" I fmn'd againft Thee have."

5 Thofe men who are mine enemies,

with evil me defame :
Their fpeeches are — " when will he die,
" and perifh fhall his name ?"

6 And when they come to vifit me,

they wholly fpeak in fraud ;

But gather evil in their hearts,

and fpread it then abroad.

[ 2 Part. J

7 My foes againft me all confpire

and whifper fecretly,
Concerning me ; to work my hurt,
they plot malicioufly.

8 With joy they fay, " There cleaves to him

" fome bad difeafe or fore ;
«c Which mortifies and cafts him down,
" that he fhall rife no more."

9 Yea, ev'n my own familiar friend,

on whom I did rely ;
Who eat my bread, yet hath his heel
againft me lifted high,
io But Thou, O LORD, be merciful
to me, I humbly pray ;
And raife me up, that I their crimes
may properly repay.

21 By this I know afTuredly,
I favour'd am by Thee ;
That thou allowe'ft not my foes
to triumph over me.

ii But

PSALM XLII. 73

12 But Thou, in mine integrity,

doft always me fuftain ;
And fetteft me before thy face
for ever to remain.

13 The LORD, the God of Ifrael,

hath from eternity
Been blefs'd, and (hall be ever more :
Amen, Amen, fay we.

PSALM XLII.

1 A S the chas'd hart with vehemence
"^ pants for the cooling brooks ;
So pants my foul for Thee, O GOD,

for Thee fo Jonging looks.

2 My foul for GOD, the living God,

does thirft exceedingly :
Oh, when before the face of GOD,
come and appear fhall I !

3 My flowing tears have been to me,

as food by night and day ;
While, taunting, conftantly to me,
" where is thy God ? " they fay.

4 My foul is poured out in me,

as this I think upon ;
How to GOD's houfe with multitudes
I in times paft have gone ;

With them, I with the voice of joy,

and praife in triumph fung ;
With multitudes, who as we went,

with joy did leap along, f

f In the Hebrew t»s — the Multitudes leaping 'with the
Voice of Ovation [i. e. triumphing Joy] and Praife :
the Hebrew fignifying- Leaping 'with Joy, as in iSam,
j:xx. 1 6. So Montana*, Ainfeorth, and Ctjer.

74 PSALM XLII.

5 O why art thou caft down my ibul ?

and why in men diftrefs ?
Hope thou in GOD : Him praife I (hall :
for health \ is from his face.
[ 2 Part. ]

6 My God, my foul is quite caft down ;

Thee therefore mind I will,
From Jordan-land, ?nd Hermon-mount,
and trom the Mizar-hill. *
•7 At founding of thy water-fpouts,
deep loud to deep does call ; ||
Thy darning waves pafs over me,
thy rolling billows all.

8 His loving-kindnefs yet the LORD,

command will in the day ;
And in the night his fongs with me $
to God my life I'll pray.

9 To God my rock, I'll lay, " O why

" doft Thou forger me fo ?
" Why go I mourning grievouily,
" opprefTed by my foe ?"

10 As with a fword within my bones,

fo me my foes upbraid ;
While ev'ry day they fay to me,
" where is thy God, thy aid ?"

11 My foul, O wherefore doit thou bow

thy felf down heavily ?

And wherefore fo difquieted,

and troubled art in me ?

Hope thou in GOD, becaufe I mall

with praife Him yet advance ;
Who is my God ; Tie alfo is

health % of my countenance. PSAL*

% The Hebrew fignifies both Healtb,Safety & Salvation,
| i. e. One mounting Wave of the great Deep* roan
and calls out to another to follow.

PSALM XLIII, XLIV. 1%

PSALM XLIII.

1 TUdge me, O GOD, and plead my caufe
' J with nations mercilefs :

And from the men of guiie and wrong,

0 fend thou me redrefs.

2 For of my ftrength Thou art the God :

reject me why doft Thou ?
Why go I mourning grievoufly,
opprefTed by the foe ?

3 O fend thou forth thy light and truth,

let them conduct me near,

And bring me to thy holy hill,

and to thy dwellings there.

4 Then will I to GOD's altar go,1

to God, my higheft joy :
Yea Thee to praife, O GOD, my God,

1 will my harp employ.

5 My foul, O wherefore doft thou bow

thy felf down heavily ?

And wherefore fo difquieted,

and troubled art in me ?

6 Hope thou in GOD, becaufe I (hall

with praife Him yet advance ;
i Who is my God j He alfo is
health % of my countenance.

PSALM XLIV.
i r\ GOD, our fathers oft have told
^ in our attentive ears ;
Thy wondrous works wrought in their days,
and elder time thin theirs.
I Thy hand did drive the heathen out,
but plant them in their place :
Thou didft the heathen people wafte,

but thine thou didft increafe. 3 For

The/ft£r«uWord is the fame as in tiieforegoingPlaXm,
*vtr. 5,& 11,

76 PSALM XLIV.

3 For 'twas not their own fword, to them

the land's poiTeiTion gave ;
Nor was the ftrength or their own arm

the pow'r that did them fave :
But Thy right hand, thine arm, the light

that ihined from thy face ;
Becaufe on them thou pleafed waft

thy favour free to place.

4 Thou art my king, O mighty GOD ;

deliverances * command
For Jacob in his deep diftrefs,
who needs thy mighty hand.

5 Thro' Thee, as with an horn, we will

pufh down our enemies :
We thro' thy name will tread down thofc
who up againft us rife.

6 Becaufe it is not in my bow

that I affiance have ;
Nor is it any fword of mine
that ever can me fave.

7 But thou haft fav'd us from our foes,

and haters put to fhame.

8 In GOD we all the day triumph,

and ever praife thy name

[ 2 Part. ]

9 But now thou feem'ft to caft us off ;

thou fhameft us alfo ;
And with our military troops
to battle doft not go.

10 Thou mak'rt us from our enemies

balely to turn our back ;
And they who hate us, for themfelves
our fpoils deferted, take.

si As

PSALM XLIV, 77

ii As iheep, for meat and (laughter doom'd,
thou giv'ft us to their hands ;
And fcatt'reft our poor captives thro'
their barb'rous, heathen lands.

12 Thy people Thou haft fold for nought;

no wealthier art thou found :

13 Thou mak'ft us a reproach and feoff

to all our neighbours round.

14 Yea ev'n among the heathen Thou

a proverb doft us make ;
And people round us in contempt
at us their heads to (hake.

15 Before our eyes continually

appears our great diigrace ;
And wholly with confounding fhame
o'er-covered is our face j

16 By reafon of the voice of him

who taunts and vilifies ;
By reafon of the faces * of
our fpiteful enemies.

[ 3 P°rt. ]

17 But tho* all this be come on us 3

yet we forget not thee,
Nor fallly to thy covenant
behave our felves do we.

18 Nor have our hearts returned back*

nor feet from thy way ftray'd ;

19 Tho' us Thou break'ft in dragons dens^

and cov'reft in death's fhade.

ao If our God's name forget, or hands

to a ftrange God we raife ;
21 Would not GOD find it out ? who fees

the heart's mod hidden ways,

22 Yet

7S PSALM XLV.

22 Yet we're as (beep to (laughter doom'd,

kiird for thy fake all day :

23 Wake Lord / why fleep'ilThou ? rife ! nor us

for ever caft away.

24 Thy countenance away from us,

O wherefore doft Thou hide ?
Why doft Thou mindlefs ot our grief,
and great diftrefs, abide ?

25 For down to duft our foul is bow'd,

to earth our bellies cleave ;

26 O rife, our mighty help, and us

in thy great mercy fave.

PSALM XLV. A Song of Loves.

I The Glories of CHRIST in bis Royal Char after 9
reprefented by Zz;z£Solomon ; with the Beauty and
Happinefs of his Spoufe the Church, reprefented
by King Pharoah's Daughter, ]

[ 1 Part, Addrefs to CHRIST, ]

1 /^Ood matter fprings up (1) in my heart ;
^-* my words relpedl the King ; (2)
And ready as a writer's pen

my tongue his praife to fing.

2 O fairer than the fons of men ; (3)

what wondrous grace we fee
Pour'd on thy lips ; (4) GOD therefore hath
for ever blefled Thee.

3 Thy

( 1)' The Hehrew feems to fignify Boiling up as in a living
Spring of clear, fweet and overflowing Water.

(2) The Chaldee renders it---0 King Messiah ! i. e. not
fo much KingSolomoH theTypicai Messiah, as Christ
the Real, inexpreffibly furpaiTmg.

(3) i.e. on Account of thy moft amiable Excellencies.

(4) i,e. the moft gracious Words of thy Lips in Scrip-
ture; Luke'\vt 16—22. Job, vii. 46,

PSALM XLV. 79

3 Thy conqu'ring fword, (5) O mighty one,

gird Thou upon thy thigh ; (6)
With glorious magnificence
and comely majefty ;

4 Ride profp'rous on the word of truth,

meeknefs and righreoufnefs ;
And thy right hand ihall wonders (how
or* terror and of grace. (7)

5 Within the hearts of the King's foes, (8)

thine arrows (harp lhall be ; (9)
Whereby the people overcome,
(hall fall down under Thee.

6 Thy univerfol throne, O GOD,

ever and ever is ;
The fcepter of thy kingdom fway'd
in perfect righteoulhefs.

7 Thou loveft right, and hated ill ;

fo GOD thy God in love

Anointed Thee with oil of joy

thy fellow- kings above. (10)

8 Thy fragrant robes with aloes, myrrh,

and caflia, which Thee clad,
Brought from the iv'ry palaces, (n)

confpire to make Thee glad. 9 la

(5) i. e. Ti»ineall-conqueringPower, Authority &Spirit.*

(6) i.e. in Readmefs to conquer all betore Thee.

(7) See thefe two Verfes 3 & 4, glorioufly exemplified
in Chr i st, Rev. xix. 11 — 16.

(8) i. e. Thine own Foes; who are rebellious Sinners.

(9) ThineArrows of powerful Conviftion&Illumination.

(10) i.e. above all the Kings, Conquerors, and Rulers
in the World ; yea far above all Principalities and
Powers, and every Crearure named both inEarth and
Heaven. Rev. xix 16 Epb i 21 : and Thefe twoVer-

fes 6, 7, are expreflv applied to Christ in/i/^.i.7,8.
(il) i. e Thy Robes of Right eoufnefs, Beneficence kHolinefs ;
inexpreffibly more fragrant than thofe in the *picy
Chambers of the ivory Palaces of Salomon.

So P S A L M XLV.

9 In thy bright circles (12) round thy view
kings daughters happy ftand ;
And the fair Queen (13) in ophir-gold
appears at thy right hand.

[ t Part, Addrefi to the Church. ]

10 O daughter, hearken and behold,

do thou incline thine ear :

See thine own people theu forget

and father's houfe fo dear.

11 Then will thy beauty to the King,

ftill more delightful be :
Yet muft thou humbly worfhip Him,
becaufe thy Lord is He.

12 The daughter of rich Tyre (hall foon

her prefents bring to thee ;
And richeft people feek that they
may in thy favour be.

13 But the King's Daughter is within

all glorious to behold ; (14J
And all her robes are bright'ned with
embroideries ot gold. (15J

14 Thus

(12) Interpreters are greatly divided 2bout the Mean-
ing of this Hebrew Word ; but confidering the Cir-
cles of Noble Perfons about Kings and Queens in their
Royal Palaces, This feems to me to be the real Idea
hinted.

(13) As KingPharoah" s Daughter is call'd the Wife of
Solomon, for whom he built a diftinguifh'd Palace,
2 Cbron viii. 1 1 ; fhe feems to be tht^ueen Here and
in the following Part of the Pfalm, defcribei, as a
fplendid Emblem of the Church of CHRIST.

(14) i. e. as to her internal Graces, Endowments, Ideas,
and Joys.

(15) i. e. her mining Robes of external Righteoufnefs,
Benignity, and Holinefs,

PSALM XLVL 81

14 Thus to the King in royal robes,

with needles richly wrought,
And fellow-virgins (16) in her train
(he (hall to Thee be brought.

15 With gladnefs and increafing joy,

they'r brought along in ftate,
Till all exulting enter in
the royal palace gate.

16 In their ftead who thy fathers are

thy lovely fons fhall be ;
Whom thou mayft place in all the earth
in princely dignity.

17 By this my long in ages all,

I will tranfmit thy name,
And make the world with one confent
thy endlefs praife proclaim.
PSALM XLVL

1 f"J.O£) is our refuge, itrength and (hield,
^ When num'rous evils us furround ;
In troubles great a prefent elp, *

And always ready to be found. *

2 Therefore we will not be afraid,
Altho' the earth removed be,
Altho' the mountains mould be hurl'd
Into the center of the fea.

3 Nor tho' the feas tempeftuous waves
Should all difturb'd a roaring make,
Nor tho' her waters fwelling rage
Should make the lofty mountains quake. (Selah.)
There is a river whofe pure ftreams
The city of our GOD make glad ;
The holy place which the mod high
Hath happily his dwelling made. G 5

[16) Virgins of Honour c\\o(enCcmpaniovs for ^ueufi : and
may mean thofe diftinguifhingly Fair and Pare Souls
who have theHonour of being aflbciated co thcCbureb
of Christ.

S« PSALM XLVIL

5 For GOD is in the midft of her ;
Therefore be moved (hall not fhe ;
As early morning doth appear
GOD will her mighty helper be.

6 The nations make tumultuous noife,
The kingdoms greatly moved are ;
He utters forth his thund'ring voice.
And all the earth diffolves with fear.

7 The LORD' of armies is with us,
Who firmly upon Him rely ;
The God of Jacob is for us

A refuge fafe and fure on high. * (Selah.)
% O come, behold what wondrous works
The mighty LORD around hath wrought ;
What fearful defolations He
Upon the earth hath juftly brought.

9 But yet throughout the wearied earth
Wars into peace he kindly turns,
The fpear he cuts, the bow he breaks,
In fire the martial chariot burns.

10 Be drill and know that I am GOD !
1 will o'er all exalted be j

The nations mall exalt my name,
The earth fupreamly honour me.

1 1 The LORD of armies is with us,
Who firmly upon Him -rely ;
The God of Jacob is for us

A refuge fafe ^nd fure on high. * {Selah.)

PSALM XLVIL

i r\ Ail yc people clap your hands,

^ To'GOD with (bouts of triumph fing :

2 For dreadful is the LORD molt high,
O'er all the earth a mighty King.

3 To

PSALM XLVII. 83

3 To us the people he fubdues ;
Lays nations at our feet in fear :

4 For us an heritage he chofe,

The glory of his Jacob dear. (Selab.)

5 GOD is gone up in (bouts of joy,

The LORD with noife the trumpets raife :

6 Sing praife to GOD, iing praife aloud ;
Sing praifes to our King, fing praife.

7 For GOD of all the earth is King;
With ail your (kill his praife be ihown :

8 GOD over all the nations reigns ;
GOD fits upon his holy throne.

9 To people own'd by Abr'ham's God
The princes of the nations fly :
The ihields of th' earth to GOD belong;
O how is He exalted high !

[ Hallelujah- Metre. ]

Ye people all abroad !

clap hands and voices raife
In honour to our GOD,
and loudly fin2: his praife.
The LORD moft high
a dreadful King,
rules ev'ry thing
With majefty.

Whole nations of our foes

beneath our feet has thrown :
A fair poffeflion chofe

for us who are his own :
The dignity
of Ifrael
belov'd fo well
By the moft High, (Sthk)

G 2 5 GOD

84 PSALM XLVIIL

5 GOD is gone up on high,

the LORD with trumpets founds
With fhouts triumphantly :

6 O praife our GOD renown'd :

His praifes fing,
yea ioudly raife
your voice to praife

Our fov 'reign king.

7 For GOD is fov'reign King

of ail the fpacious earth :
With underitanding fing

his praife with facred mirth :

8 GOD reigns alone,

the nations ftills ;
GOD fits, and fill*
His holy throne.

9 The princes eath'red are,

the princes of all lands,
And people far and ne^r

whom Abr'ham's God commands ;
The fliields of all
the earth abroad
belong to GOD ;
Him high extol !

PSALM XLVIIL

1 pReat is JEHOVArt ! greatly He
^^ is to be prais'd on high,
Within the city of our God,

his mount of fancYity.

2 How beauteoufly mount Zion ftands ?

her northern fides how fair ?

She is the joy of all the earth ;

the great King's city there !

3 GOD

PSALM XLVIII. Bs

t GOD in her palaces is known

to be a refuge high.
j. For lo, the kings aflembled were,

but pafs'd together by.
5 They faw her, and fo marvelled,

they dare not near her itay ;
But troubled and affrighted were,

and hail'ned fail away.

b Yea then fuch terror feiz'd on them,
fuch painful agonies,
As on a lab'ring woman when
her pangs upon her feize.

7 As when Thou raifeft eaftern florms

on the tumultuous fea,
Thou didft the (hips of Tarfhifh break5
and drive our foes away.

I 2 Part. ]

8 In city of the LORD of hofls,
we fee, as we were told

In our God's city, that our GOD
will ever her uphold. (Selab.)

9 O GOD, our tho'ts are oft employM

on thy benignity ;
But moft of all when we are in
thy houfe of fanc"lity.

io For as thy name, O GOD, fo thro'
the earth extends thy praife ;
And thy right hand we know is full
of righteoufnefs always.
II O let mount Zion joyful be,
and Judah's daughters glad ;
Becaufe of all thy judgments now,
fo wondrouily difplay'd,

G $ 12 Walk

96 PSALM XLIX.

12 Walk forth and compafs Zion round,

and all about her go ;
Her (lately tow'rs diftincrly count,
and all their numbers know.

13 Attentively her bulwarks mark

her palaces view well ;
That to the age to come ye may
her ftrength and beauty tell.

14 Becaufe this GOD is our's 3 our God

for evermore is he ;
Therefore our never-failing guide,
He ev'n to death will be.

PSALM XLIX.

* "LjEar this all people, and give ear,
all in the world who dwell ;

2 Both low and high, both rich and poor,

together liften well.

3 I with my mouth variety

of wifdom will impart,
And prudent knowledge rifing from
the muling of my heart.

4 To an inftrucMve parable

PJ1 firft incline mine ear ;
And then will with my fong and harp,
my myftery declare.

5 Why mould I fear in evil days,

when the iniquities
Of my flray feet furround me -with
hofts of calamities ?

[ 2 Part. ]

6 Thofe men who make their great eftates *

their flay whereon to truft,
Or in th' abundance of their wealth
who confidently bead ;

7 Ye

P S A L M XLIX. t7

i j Yet none of them his brother caa
by any means redeem,
Neither to GOD can ever pay
a ranfom meet tor him.

I So dear his life's redemption is,

that bought it cannot be ;
9 That he mould ftill for ever Jive,

and not corruption fee.

10 For they muft fee that wife men die*

the fool, the bruitifh too,
All periih. and their great eftates |j
to others leave they do.

11 They think their houfes ever ftand,

and dwelling places fhall
LafUo all ages ; and their lands
by their own names they call :

12 Bui fuch men in their honour fet

continue but a night ;
And like the beafts are foon cut off,
and quickly periih quite.

13 This way of theirs, their folly is i

and yet their mouth J and way
Thdr fons approve, and will purfue ;
like fooiifn fheep are they.

14 They in the fepulchre * are laid,

and death (hall them devour ;
But in the morning over them
the jult fhall have the pow'r.

And from the houfes where they dwell

the beauty now they have,
Shall utterly canfame away
in the corrupting grave.

G 4 15 But

, The/ame WWin Hdmv with That mark'd thus * in
the 6th ver: and therefore figniiies the J W Thing.
Heb. i. e. Taeir ftupid Speeches and Advices.

88 P S A L M L.

15 But GOD my foul will from the pow'r

ev'n of the grave redeem ;
And he will furely me receive

to live in blifs with him. {Selah.)

[ 3 Part. ]

16 Be not difturb'd when thou doft fee,

riches to any flow,
Nor when the glory of his houfe
abundantly does grow.

17 For he (hall carry nothing hence,

when death his days fhall end ;
Nor fhall his glory after him
into the grave defcend.

18 Tho' he his foul doth greatly blcfs,

while he on earth does live ;
And when thou to thy felf doft well,
men will thee praifes give ;

19 Yet in their fathers fteps they tread -,

and when like them they die,
Their wretched anceftors and they
in utter darknefs lie.

20 For man how great foever here,

unlefs he's truly wife ;
As like a fenfual beaft he lives,
fo like a beaft he dies.

P S A L M L. A Pfalm cf Afaph.

i np HE Goat of GOD's fctheLORD dothfpeak,
A and to the earth proclaim ;
Ev'n from the rifing of the fun
to fetting of the fame.

2 From

In Hebrew theWords are Ml ^LOHiM,which figni-
fy—The God of GODS : and fo the SeptuaginttSyriack
and Arabick.

P S A L M L. 89

2 From out of Zion's facred hill,

which, by his dwelling there,
Of beauty the perfection is,
GOD mining doth appear.

3 Behold our God in glory comes,

nor filent, in the fkies ;
Before Him goes devouring fire,
great f ftorms around him rife.

4 To heav'n He calls out from on high,

and to the earth below,
That all his equal judgment may
on his own people know.

5 Gather to me, fays he, my faints,

bring them before mine eyes ;
Who have a covenant confirm'd,
with me by facrifice.

6 And now the heav'ns mod clearly (hall

his righteoufnefs make known ;
Becaufe the mighty GOD Himfelf,
is fov'reign judge alone. (Selab.)
[ 2 Part. ]

7 Hear O my people Ifrael !

and I will fpeak on high ;
Yea I will teftify to thee,
that GOD, thy God, am I.

8 For want of facrifkes I

will find no fault with thee,
Or that burnt ofFrings have not been,
continually with me.

9 I'll take no bullocks from thy flails

nor goats from folds of thine :

10 For forreft-beafts and cattle on

a thoufand hills are mine.

n The
\ The Heb. fignifies a Storm exceeding great, mighty,
vehement and terrible*

90 P S A L M L.

II The fowls that on the mountains fly,
are all to me well known ;
And all wild bealls which range the fields,
are with me as my own.

22 If hunger ever could me feize,
I would not tell it thee ;
For the whole world and fulnefs of
the whole be<on^ to me.

13 Or eat the flefti of beeves, or drink

the blood of goats (hall I r

14 Thanks offer thou to GOD, and pay

thy vows to the moil high.

15 And in the day of thy dittrefs,

confiding, to me cry ;
And I'll deliver thee, and then
thou malt me glorify.

[ 3 Part. ]

16 But to the wicked GOD doth fay ;

" how dar'it thou to proclaim
My ftatutes ? or with thy vile mouth
my covenant to name ■?

17 Whereas thou hateft difcipline,

nor wilt intruded be ;
And all my words, as nothing worth,
thou cafteft off from thee.

18 When thou doft fee a thief, with him,

thou joineft with thy heart ;
Yea with unclean adulterers
thou a partaker art.

19 Thy mouth to evil thou doft give,

thy tongue deceit to frame,

20 Againit thy brother fit and fpeak,

thy mother's fon defame.

21 Thefe

PS^XM LI. ot

21 Thefe things thou didft : I filcnt was :

and thou didft me furmife :
Quite like thy fclf ; I'll thee reprove,
8 and rank them in thine eyes.

22 O now confider this all ye

who God forgotten have ;
Left I mould you in pieces tare,
and there be none to fave.
27 But he whofe facrifice is praife,
great glory yields to me ;
And he who orders right his way
(hall GOD's ialvation fee.
P S A L M LI.

A P falm of David, when Nathan the Prophet came
to him, after he had gone in to Bathfheba.

1 a gqd> have mercy uPon me>

^J according to thy grace ;
According to thy mercies great,
my trefpaffes efface.

2 O wa(h me throughly from my guilt,

and from my fin me clear ;

3 For I" my trefpafs own ; my fins

before me ftill appear.

4 A°;ainft Thee, Thee alone I finn'd ;

°the crime was in thy fight :
So when Thou fpeakeft Thou art juft ;
and thy whole judgment right.

5 Behold, how in iniquity

I did my fhape receive ;
And that my mother ftain'd with fin,
in fin did me conceive.

6 Behold, thou doft defire the truth

within the inward part :
O do Thou make me wifdom know

in fecret of my heart. 7 Wlt*

$z P S A L M LI.

7 With fprinkiing iiyfiop cleanfe Thou me,
and I /"hai: fpotk is grow :
O wafh Thou me, -<tud then ihall I
be whiter than the mow.

[ 2 Part. ]

8 Of joy and gladnefs make Thou me

to hear again the voice ;
That io the bones winch Thou haft broke
ms) yet again rejoyce.

9 From the behoiding ot my Cms

O turn ;-.wa\ thy" face ;
And all my vile iniquities
O do Thou quite efface.

10 Clean heart O GOD, in me create ;

renew a fpirit right
In me : (nj and caft me not away

out of thy h.ppy fight :
Nor thy Pure Spirit from me take.

12 Reftore the joy to me,
Of thy falvation, and uphold

me with thy ipint free.

13 Then will I teach thy ways to thofe

who work iniquity ;
And happily (hali finners then,
converted be to Thee.

[ 3 Part. ]

14 O GOD \ of my falvation God ! *

free me from guilt of blood ;
And of thy faying righteoufnefs
my tongue ihall fing aloud.

15 Lord, open Thou my lips, and forth

my mouth *hy praife mail fing :
26 For Thou deiir'ft not facrifice ;
or I the fame would bring :

Burnt

P S A L M LI. c>5

Burnt off nags Thou delight'ft not in.

17 Of GOD the facrifice

A fpint broke : a contrite heart,
GOD, Thou wilt not defpife.

18 In thy good pleafure, O do good

to Zion bounteouily : (
The walls of thy Jerusalem,
O build Thou upon high.

19 The facrifice of righteoufnefs

(hail pieafe Thee then ; and they
Burnt offrings, whole burnt ofFrings, calves,
will on thine altar lay.

[ Long Metre. ]

1 r\ GOD f have mercy upon me,

^ According to thy bounteous grace 5

And in thy mercies multitude *

My many trefpafifes efface.
I O warn me throughly from my guilt,

And from my tin me purify :

3 For all my fins 1 freely o *n ;
My fin is always in mine eye.

4 Agaiml Thee, Thee alone I finn'd,
This crime committed in thy fight ;
So when Thou fpeakeit, Thou art juft*
Thy judgment itands intirely right.

5 Behold, I with abafement own,
I fhap'd was in iniquity ;

And that my mother ftain'd with fin,
She ev'n in fin conceived me.

6 Behold, it is the truth that Thou
Defireft in the inward part :

O do Thou make me wifdom know
' Within the fecret of my heart.

7 Witfc

5>4 P S A L M LI.

7 With fprinkling hyfibp cleanfe Thou me,

And I (hall pure and fpotlefs grow :

O waih and make me wholly clean ;

And I (hall whiter be than (how.
[ 2 Part. ]
% Of joy and gladnefs make Thou me.

To hear again the welcome voice ;

That fo the bones which Thou halt broke

May happily again rejoyce.
$ From the beholding of my fins

For ever turn away thine eyes j

And do Thou utterly efface

All my abhor'd iniquities.

10 O GOD, create in me an heart
Both clean and holy in thy fight,

And in me, O do Thou renew
A fpirit fteady % and upright. % .

11 Caft me not from thy face ; nor take
Thy Holy Spirit now from me ;

12 Reftore me thy falvation's joy :
Uphold me with thy fpirit tree.

13 Then from a blefs'd experience I
Will iinners teach thy happy v. ;iys ;
And finners (hall converted be,

To Thee, to love, obey and praife.

[ 3 Part- ]

14 O GOD ! of my lalvation God ! *
Deliver me from guilt of blood ;
And of thy faving rightcoufnefs
My joyful tongue will fing aloud.

15 Lordy open Thou thefe lips of mine,
Which by my lin fall doled are :
And then will my enlarged mouth

Thy praifes publickly declare. 16 For

% TheH/6r<w feems to comprehend both thefc Ideas.

PSALM LII. 95

1 6 For Thou defir'li not facrifice

Of beafts, that I might bring to Thee ;
Nor in burnt offerings doft delight,
That Thou fhor.'d'tt them accept of me,

17 But 'tis a fpirit broke for lln,
Is GOD's approved facrifke :
A broken and a contrite heart I

O GOD, Thou never wilt defpife.

18 And now to Zion O do good
In thy good pleafure bounteoufly ;
And of our dear Jerufalem,

Do Thou build up the walls on high.

19 Then Thou malt with the facrifice
Of righteoumefs well pleafed be ;

Burnt off rings, whole burnt ofFringSjCalves,
They'll at thine altar offer Thee.

P S A L M LII.

A Pfcilm of David, ivhen Doeg the Edornite came
and told Sau), and [aid unto kirn, ' David is come t$
f the Houfe of Ahimelech.

1 TniTHY glorieft thou in injury,

* * O mighty man of pow'r ?
The goodnefs cf almighty God
for ever does endure.

2 Thy tongue vents mifchief which thy heart

devifes wickedly ;
And like a fharp'ned razor works
and wounds deceitfully.

3 Thou loveft evil more than good ;

more to '(peak wrong, than right :

4 And in devouring words doft thou,

deceitful tongue, delight. || 5 God

J Mr. Baxter goes no further in ibis Pfalm, on Account
of the Cur/es. But we turn them in th« Form of Pro-

fbejics.

96 PSALM LIII.

5 God will for ever thee deftroy,

will pull and pluck thee out
From thine own houfe ; and from the land
of life, he will thee root. (Selab.)

6 The righteous this fhall alfo fee,

with trembling in that day ;

And yet with holy triumph then

pointing at thee, fhall fay ;

7 ( Lo! this the man that made not GOD

* his ftrength ; but trufted in

* His (tore of riches, and himfelf,

* ev'n ftrength'ned in his fin.

8 But in the houfe of GOD am I,

as a green olive tree ;
And in the grace of GOD my truft
for evermore fhall be.

9 Becaufe thou this hail: juftly done,

I'll praife thee evermore ;
And on thy name will wait ; for this
is good thy laints before.

PSALM LIII. APfolm o/David.

X "pOols in their heart fay, there's no GOD ;
" and fo corrupt they, grow,
Abominable fins commit,
and nothing good they do.

2 GOD from the heav'ns hath looked down

the fons of men to fee,
If any that does underitand
that feeks to GOD there be.

3 They altogether filthy are,

they all are backward gone ;
There is- not any that does good,
^o not fo much as one.

4- The

PSALM LIV. 97

4 The workers of iniquity,

do they not know at all ?
That they my people eat as bread,
on GOD they never call.

5 There they (hall fear where no fear is :

for GOO will fcatter them
Who thee befet : them He difdains,
and thou (halt put to fhame.

6 O when will He falvation give

to his poor Ifrael,
From out of his own Zion, where
He gracioufly does dwell ?

When GOD his people (hall return,
who have been captive Jed ;
Then Jacob w;ll be mov'd with joy,
and Ilr'el greatly glad.

PSALM LIV.

A FJahn of David, when the Ziphims came, andfaui

to Saul, ■ Doth not David hide bimfelf with us ?'

I f~\ Save me in thy name, O GOD,

^-^ and judge me by thy pow'r :
l O GOD, now to my pray'r give ear>
and hear in this fad hour.

3 For Grangers whom I neveis wrong'd,

yet up againft me rife :
My foul, oppreilurs feek, who GOD
fet not before their eyes. (Selah.)

4 Lo GOD my help ; the Lord with thofe

who my poor fowl furtain :

5 My foes he'll juftly recompence,

and in his truth retrain.

6 Then I to Thee (hall facrifice

with grateful willingnefs :
Yea LORD, becaufe 'tis good, I will
with praife thy name confefs.

H 7 For

5>8 P S A L M LV.

7 For thou haft me delivered
from all adverfities ;
And made mine eye fee my defire
upon mine enemies.

P S A L M LV. A Pfalm of David,

I /~\ GOD, thine ear give to my pray'r ;
^ and hide not Thou thy face
From me now fupplicating Thee,
and fuing for thy grace.
1 O be attentive now to me,
and hear my doleful voice :
I in my meditation mourn,
and make a troubled noife ;

3 Thro' my foes voice, and face * of thofe

who wickedly opprefs ;
Who charge iniquities * on me,
and hate with fpitefulncfs.

4 My heart in me is rack'd with pain j

death's terrors me furprize ;

5 Great fear and trembling on me come,

and horrors on me feize.

6 O that I like a dove had wings,

then 1 away would flee ;
That I might find a fecret place*
where I at reft could be.

7 Lo, 1 would wander then afar,

and in fome defart ftay ; (Selah.)
% From ftorms and tempefts here would I
make hafte to get away.

[ 2 Part. ]

■4 Confound their pow'r, O Lerd, and let
their tongues divided be :
For rapine, violence and ftrife,
I in the city fee,

jo Upoi

PSALM LV. V 99

ig> Upon her walls both day and night
they go their conftant rounds ;
And in the midft all mifchief reigns,
and grievoufnefs abounds.

1 1 Yea in the midft, all wickednefs

at ev'ry corner meets ;
And fraud and circumventing guile
are ever in her itreets.

12 'Twas no known foe that flander'd me,

for that I could abide ;
Nor one who op'nly hated me,
for I from him could hide.

13 But thou the man, mine equal, who

haft done me this defpight ;
My guide and my familiar friend,
in whom I took delight.

14 We oft together counfel took

in fweet fociety ;
And walk'd on to the houfe of GOD,
in plcafant company.

15 But death (hall feize them ; and they (hall

go down alive to hell :
For wickedneffes * in their hearts *
and in their houfes * dwell.

[ 3 Part. ]

16 On GOD I'll call j and then the LORD

to favc me will appear :

17 At ev'ning, morning, noon I'll cry j

and He my voice will hear.

18 For from the war againft me rais'd

He did my foul fet free ;
He bro't me to a ftate of peace ;
and many join with me.

H 1 19 Qoi

ioo PSALM LVL

19 God will me hear, and humble them :

He rule did ever bear : (Selah.)
Becaufe they with no changes meet,
ev'n GOD they do not fear.

20 On him, who was at peace with them,

they ftretched forth their hand ;
Their facred covenant with him
by breaking they prophan'd.

21 Smoother than butter were their words,

while in their heart was war ?
Their fpeeches fofter were than oyl,
but now drawn fwords they are.

22 O caft thy burthen on the LORD ;

and He will thee fuftain :
He will not let the jutt be mov'd,
but ever them maintain.

23 But Thou, O GOD, wilt fend to hell

the men of blood and guile ;
Who (hall not live out half their days :
but truft in thee I will.

PSALM LVL

Michtam 0/David, when ?£<r Phiiiftines took him in

Gath.

me
'our ;
They fighting with me constantly,
oppreis me with their pow'r.
Mine enemies continually^
to fwallow me, devife ;
And they are many, O mod high,
who up againft me rife.

But whenfoever I'm afraid,

or terror feizes me ;
Then I repair to Thee my ftrength,

and reft my felf on Thee.

4. In

r\ GOD, have mercy upon
^-"^ for men would me devo

PSALM LVL lot

4 In GOD his faithful word I'll praife :

O GOD, HI truft in Thee ;
And then I will not be afraid
what fle(h * can do to me.

5 They daily wreft my words to /peak

a fenfe I never meant ;
And to bring injuries on me,
their tho'ts are wholly bent.

6 In clofe aiTemblies they combine^

and wicked projects lay :
They watch my fteps, and lie in waits
to make my foul their prey.

j Shall they by all their wickednefs
efcape thy dreadful frown ?
O GOD, Thou wilt in anger caft
thofe wicked people down.

f 2 Part. ]

8 Of all my wand'rings to and fro,

Thou haft the reck'ning took j
Into thy bottle put my tears :
are they not in thy book ?

9 Then turned back mail be my foes i

when I cry out to Thee :
For this I know aflu redly,
that GOD will be for me.

io In GOD HI praife his faithful word,
which He fulfils always ;
His word which He to me performs,
I in the LORD will praife.

11 In GOD I truft, and will not fear

what flefh can do to me.

12 Thy vows upon me are, O GOD ;

I'll render praife to Thee.

H 3 i3 For

tti PSALM LVII.

13 For Thou haft fav'd my foul from death,

when it was near to me :
And wilt Thou not uphold my feet,

and keep from falling * free ?
That I before the face * of GOD

may walk * in uprightnefs !
And in the light of thofe who live

continually Thee blefs.

PSALM LVII.

Miclam ofDav\d>ivben he fled before Saul in theCavt.

x f\ GOD, to me be merciful,
*^ be merciful to me ;
Becaufe my foul for fhelter fafe

betakes it felf to Thee.
Yea in the fhadow of thy wings

my refuge I have plac'd,
Until thefe great calamities

be wholly overpaft.

% I'll cry aloud to GOD mod high,
till heard my cry {hall be ;
Ev'n to the God who (till performs
all things moft lit for me.

3 From heav'n will He fend down, and me

from their reproach defend,
Whowou'ddevourmeri-GODwillforthd^^,)
His truth and mercy fend.

4 My foul amidft fierce lions is,

I fire-brands lie among ;
Men's fdns whofe teeth are darts and fpears,
and like lharp fwords their tongue.

5 Above the lofty heav'ns do Thou

exalt thy felf, O GOD :
O let thy glory be advanc'd
o'er ail the earth abroad.

[ 2 Part, ]

PSALM LVIII. 2oj

[ 2 Part. ]

6 They for my fteps prepar'd a net,

my foul was bowed down : *
They dig'd a pit for me ; but they
in midft thereof are thrown. (Selab.)

7 My heart is fix'd, my heart is fix'd ;

O GOD, I'll fing and praife :
S Awake my glory, pfalt'ry, harp,
my felf I'll early raife.

9 Thy praife, O Lord, will I proclaim
among the people round :
Among the nations I with fongs
thy praifes will refound.
to For great thy rifing mercy fpreads
ev'n to the heav'ns on high j
And equally thy truth extends
up to the cloudy fky.

II Above the lofty heav'ns do Thow
exalt thy felf, O GOD ;
And let thy glory be advane'd
o'er all the earth abroad.

PSALM LVIII. Miaam of David,

r\ Ye aflembly, do ye now,
*^ fpeak righteoufnefs indeed ?
In judgment do ye fons of men

with uprightnefs proceed ?
Or do ye mifchief in your hearts

devife ; and with your hand
Then weigh, * and deal out violence

throughout the injur'd land ?

I The wicked from the womb eftrang'd
from ev'ry holy way ;
And from the birth their practice is
to lie and go aftray.

H 4, 4 Ev'n

ic4 PSALM LVIII.

4 Ev'n like a ferpent's poifon is

the poifon that they bear ;
And they are like the adder deaf
that flops up clofe her ear.

5 Who will not hear the charmer's voice,

but deaf will (till remain ;
And tho' he charms with utmoft fkill,
can no attention gain.

6 Break Thou their teeth within their mouths,

O GOD of mighty pow'r ;
The great teeth, LORD, of lions young,
prepared to devour.

7 They (hall as waters melt away,

which run continually ;
And all their arrows ready bent
mall cut' in pieces be. .

8 As melting mails fell -they diffolve,

and all (hall pafs away ;
And even like untimely births,
that never fee the day.

9 Ere^pots perceive * the blaze of thorns, f

He'll feize on them alive ;
And bare them in his wrath away,
as whirlwinds ftubble drive.

10 The righteous fhall rejoyce when they

this righteous vengeance fee ;
And in the blood of impious men
their feet fhall warned be.

1 1 So men fhall fay ; jure for the juft

there is a recompence ;

Sure there's a GOD, a Judge on earth,
who juftice will difpenfe.

P S A L M

• i.e. SoJuddinly% as before the kindling Blage of
Thorns can reach the Pet; hes under.

P S A L M LIX. 105

PSALM LIX.

Michtam <?/*_David ; when Saul fent, and they
ivatched the Houfe to kid him.

1 f^ Thou my God, deliver me
^-*> from all mine enemies ;
And raife me up above all thofe

who up againft me rife.

2 Do then deliver me from them

who work iniquity ;
And do thou fave me from the men
of blood and cruelty.

3 For lo, they for my foul lay wait :

the mighty men combine
Againft me, LORD, not for my fin,
nor any fault of mine.

4 They run and ready make themfelves,

for no offence in me :
But O do Thou behold, and rife,
and meet me fpeedily.

5 Awake therefore, LORD GOD of hofts,

Thou God of Ifrael,
To jud<ie the nations : favour none
who impiouily rebel. (Selah.)

6 At ev'ry ev'ning they return,

and like the rav'nous hound,
They make a noife on ev'ry fide,
and rano;e the citv round.

7 Behold they belch out of their mouths :

within their lips are (words :
" P^or who is he that hears us fpeak ?'
are their difdainful words.

8 Yet Thou, O LORD, wilt laugh at them,

the heathen all deride.

9 But GOD my ftrength is, and my tow'r, *

and in Thee I confide.

[ 2 Part.]

106 PSALM LIX.

[ 2 Part. ]
io The God of all my mercies * will
prevent and fuccour me ;
And GOD will give me on my foes
my juft defire to fee.

11 Them flay not, Jell thy people fhould

forget thy favour foon :
But by thy pow'r, O Lord, our (hield,
difperfe and bring them down.

12 Becaufe their mouths and lips abound

with fins ; thou wilt furprize,
And take them in their pride, who fpeak

fuch curfes and fuch lies.
?3 Thou wilt confume them in thy wrath,

and make them underftand,
That GOD rules over all the earth,

who rules in Jacob's land. ( SelaL)

14 When ev'ning comes (hall they return j

and like a rav'nous hound,
A difcontented noife (hall make,
and range the city round.

15 With hunger they (hall roam about,

in feeking food to eat ;
And murmur as their hunger grows,
and howl for want of meat.

16 But ev'ry morn I'll fing thy pow'r

thy mercy loud confefs ■
Who art my refuge, and my tow'r, %
in days of my diftrefs.

17 Therefore to Thee, O Thou my ftrength, ■

I pr^ife will ever ling ;
For GOD is my high tow'r, J the God,
whence all my mercies fpring.

P S A L.
X Htb>~- My Elevation.

PSALM LX. 107

PSALM LX.

Michtam of David, to teach ; when he Jlrove with
Aram Naharaim,fW with Aram Zobath ; when
Joab returned, and/mote of Edom in the Valley of
Salt9 Twelve Thoufand. [2 Sam. viii.]

1 r\ GOD, Thou haft deferted us,
" and fcatter'd in difdain !
Thou haft been awfully difpleas'd !

O turn to us again.

2 The land to tremble thou haft caus'd j

didft it afunder break !
O now the breaches of it heal ;
for it doth greatly fhake !

3 Thou haft thy people made to fee

things that are hard to bear !

And thou haft caufed us to drink

the wine of trembling fear !

4 But thou a banner haft beftow'd

on thofe who Thee revere,
That it on high before the truth [j
difplayed may appear. (Selah.)

5 That thy beloved people may

a full deliv'rance have ;
O hear the fervent pray'rs I make,
and let thy right hand fave !

6 GOD in his holinefs * hath fpoke ;

my joy therein is high ;
Shechem divide, and Succoth's vale,
meafure for mine will I ;

7 Gilead is mine, Manafleh mine,

who both efpoufe my caufe :
Ephraim is of my ftrength the head,
and Judah gives my laws.

8 Moafe

j i. c. before the Army marching in the Caufe of the
true Religion.

108 PSALM LXI.

8 Moab my wafhpot.f I will make,

o'er Edom caft my moe ; %
And ye Philift a's haughty tribes,
I'll triumph over you. ||

9 Who will me to the city lead

fo ftrongly fortify 'd ?
And who is he that to the land
of Edom will fhe guide ?

10 Didft thou net caft us off, O GOD ?

yet ftill we look to thee :
Wilt thou not with our armies go ?
and GOD our leader be ?

11 O then to us in cur diftrefs

thy fpeedy fuccour fend !
For vain it is on humane aid
for fafety to depend.

12 But by the helping pow'r of GOD

we fhall do valiantly ;
And He'il our foes tread down, and make
beneath our feet to lie.

PSALM LXI. A Pfalm of David.

1 f~^ Ive ear* O GOD, to my loud cry,
^-* and to my pray'r attend ;

As from the corners of the earth,
my cries to Thee afcend.

2 And now my heart is overwhelmed,

ready to fail and die,
O lead me up into the rock,
that higher is than I, •

3 For

f i. e. will ufe as fuch a VefTel in mean Services.

j To caft a Shoe over a Perfon, feems to have been,
among the ancient Hebrews, a Sign of Subjection
and Servitude. J So 'tis explained in Vjd, cviii. 9.

PSALM LXIL 109

3 For in my danger Thou haft been,

a fhelter fafe to me ;
A tow'r of ftrength and fure defence
againft my enemy.

4 Within thy tabernacle I,

for ever will abide ;
And in the covert of thy wings
will truft and fafely hide. (Selah.)

5 For Thou, O GOD, haft heard my vows,

as they before Thee came ;
And gav'ft me an inheritance,
with thofe who fear thy name.

6 O wilt Thou give this to the King,

yet many days to fee ;

To many generations let

his years prolonged be.

7 Let him before the face of GOD,

for evermore remain ;
And let benignity and truth,
fecure his happy reign.

8 So will I ever to thy name

fmg grateful fongs of praife ;
And chearfully perform my vows
thro' all my future days.

PSALM LXIL A Pfalm of David.

I ^TpRuly my waiting foul on GOD,
A in filent hope relies :
For my falvation wholly does
from Him alone arife. ,
% He only my falvation is,

my rock, of ftrength is He ;
My only fure defence afld tow'iy
mov'd much I (hall not be,

3 How

no PSALM LXII.

3 How long againft a man will ye

plot mifchief ? ye (hall fall ;
For as a tott'ring fence ye arc,
and like a bowing wall.

4 To caft him from his dignity,

confpiring they devife ;
Blefs with their mouth, but curfe in heart,
and take delight in lies.

5 My foul wait thou on GOD alone :

my only hope is He ;

6 My rock, my faviour, my high tow'r,

I mall not moved be.

7 In GOD alone my glory is,

and my falvation fure :
In GOD the rock of ail my ilrength
my refuge mofb fecure.

8 Ye people, place your confidence

on Him continually :
Pour out your hearts before his face : *
GOD is our refuge high.

9 Sure mean men's fons are vanity,

and high men's fons a lie ;
When all are in a balance laid,
they rife * like vanity.

10 Then truft not in opprefilve ways,

by rapine grow not vain ;
Nor let your hearts, if wealth increafe,
be fet on earthly gain.

11 Once fpoken hath the mighty GOD,

yea, twice I heard Him loud ;
That fov'reign and almighty pow'r
belongs alone to GOD.

12 Yea boundlefs mercy appertains

to Thee, O Lord, alone ;
And Thou according to his work
rewarded ev'ry one. P SAL*

PSALM LXIII. in

PSALM LXIII. J Pjalmof David,
when he was in the Wildernefs of Judah.

1 Q.GOD, Thou art my God, I will
^^ betimes for Thee enquire.

My foul does thirft and long for Thee >
my flefh for Thee defire.

2 As in a dry and weary * land

wherein no waters are ;
To fee, as in thy houfe I've feert
Thy pow'r and glory there.

3 Becaufe thy loving-kindnefs more

in goodnefs doth excel],
Than life it felf, therefore my lips
thy praifes forth (hall tell.

4 Thus I'll Thee blefs continually

while yet alive I am ;
And I thefe hands of mine on high
will lift up in thy name.

5 With marrow and with fatnefs fUl'd

my longing foul fhall be ;
And then my mouth with joyful lips
will render praife to Thee.

6 When Thee I to remembrance call,

as on my bed I lie,
In watches of the filent night ;
then on Thee mufe do I.

7 Calling to mind, how thou haft been

a conftant help to me j
I'll in the ihadow of thy wings
rejoyce exceedingly.

8 My longing foul yet follows hard, f

and clofely cleaves % to Thee ;
And Thou with thy right hand of pow'r
in love upholdeft me. 9 But

f So Sept. Syr. Arab\ % So ChaMee,zncknt Lat< Sc Mon-
tana; ; The Hebrew comprizing b§tb Ideat.

H2 PSALM LXIV.

9 But who my foul feek to defcrby,

go clown the pit mall they :
io Some flain by fwords, their carcases

lhall be the foxes prey.
ii Yet (hall the King in GOD rejoyce :
and ail that by Him || fware f
In Him || fhall glory : but their mouths
be ftop'd that liars are.

PSALM LXIV.
A PJalm or Song cf David.
I f~\ Mighty GOD, hear Thou the voice,
^-' I utter in my pray'r ;

1 cferve my life from cruel foes

and free me from their fear.
1 From fecret plots of wicked men

O hide me carefully ;
From infurrcclicns of all thofe

who woik iniquity.

3 Who their ill tongues in malice whet

and (harpen them like fwords,
And fet as arrows in their bows
to moot out bitter words.

4 That they in fecrecy may (hoot

at thofe who upright are ;
Yea fuddenly againft them fhoot
and ftrike them without fear.

5 In ill defigns excite themfelves,

confulting how to lay
Their fnares in utmoft fecrecy ;
"and who fhall fee," they fay.

6 Injurious evils they fearch out,

and fearch with utmoft art :
Moft inward is their plotting thought,

and deep their fubiil heart. J But

j] i. e. God. f i. e. who reverently fware by Him
as the only true aiad adorable God.

PSALM LXV. it|

7 But GOD will arrows (hoot at them,

and wound them fuddenly.

8 Yea their own tongue (hall them confound,

and all who fee them, fly.

9 Yea all around (hall fear, and (hall

the work of GOD declare ;
For wifely they (hall underftand,
that thefe his doings are.

io The juft (hall in the LORD rejoyce,

and fafe on Him rely ;
Yea all of upright heart (hall fure
exult in Him on high.

PSALM LXV.

A Pfalm or Song of David.

i Cllence ! For Thee, the praife O GOD
^ doth wait in Zion-hill ;
And all the vows we made to Thee
we chearfully fulfil.

2 O Thou who heareft humble pray'rs

which to Thee off'red are,
To Thee all fons of men (hall come,
and to Thee we repair.

3 Works of iniquity prevail

againft us at this day ;
Yet as for our tranfgreflions, Thou
wilt cleanfe them clear away.

4 O blefled is the man of whom

Thou thy free choice doft make ;
And that he in thy courts may dwell
him near to Thee doft take.

For there we (hall be fatisfy'd,

with thine abundint grace,
With all the good things of thy houfe,

thy chofen holy place.

I 5 By

Il4 PSALM LXV.

5 By dreadful things in righteoufnefs

by Thee wrought wondroufly,
O God of our falvation, Thou
wilt anfwer to our cry :

Who of the ends of all the earth

art the firm hope and {lay ;
An 1 of all thole who far abroad,

are tofs'd upon the fea.

6 Girded with ftrength, He fixes faft

the mountains and high hills ;
j And all the noife of feas and waves,
and rage of nations % i^ills.

[ 2 Part. ]

8 All in the utmoft parts who dwell

are at thy figns afraid ;
Yet Thou the goings forth of morn
and ey'ning makeft glad.

9 Thou vifiteft the thirfty earth,

and mak'ft it rich with rain :
GOD's river full of water is ;
and Thou prepared grain.

I© Her ridges richly wat'reft Thou,
her furrows Thou fet'ft fa ft ;
With fhow'rs Thou mak'ft her foft to be,
her fpringing bleft Thou haft.
II Thou with thy goodnefs doft the year
adorn as with a ciown ;
And thy full paths along the clouds,
drop their rich fatnefs down.

il On paftures of the wildernefs,
reirefoing they diftill :
And girt with joy on ev'ry fide.,

is ev'ry little hill. 13 Witr

% Heb.— lamim ', i e.Natiens ; — and fo tht$ef>tsCbaIdee
Arakick, ancient Latin, and Montamts,

PSALM LXVL nj

13 With flocks the paftures cloathed are,
with corn the valleys ipring -y
All over cover'd, all adorn'd,
they (hout for joy and ling.

PSALM LXVL A Song or Pjalm.

1 r\ All ye lands, with fhouts of joy,
^-^ to GOD your voices raife :

2 Sing forth the honour of his name,

and glorious make his praife.

3 Say ye to GOD ; « In thy great works

< how terrible art Thou ;
« Thro' thy almighty pow'r thy foes
to Thee are made to bow :

4 « Yea all the nations of the earth

(hall bow and ling to Thee ;
4 To thine exalted Name fhall ling
* with joy and melody. ' (Selah.)

5 Come, and the mighty works of GOD

with admiration fee ;
In doings to the fons of men,
how terrible is He ?

6 He turn'd the channels of the fea
to dry and folid ways ;

Our fathers pafs'd the flood on foot ;
and there we fang his praife.

7 He by his pow'r for ever ruics ;
his eyes the nations fpie ;

Let none who are rebellious dare
to lift themfelves on high. i^Selah.)

[ 2 Part. ]

O all ye people, blefs our God,

and found aloud his praife ;
9 Who puts and holds our fouls in life,
and feet from Aiding flays,

X 2 10 For

ii<S PSALM LXVI.

io For Thou, O GOD, haft proved us,
and try'd as filver try'd ;

11 Into a net haft wound us faft,

our loins haft ftraitly ty'd.

12 Men o'er our heads Thou mad'ft to ride,

thro* fire and floods we paft j
Yet Thou into a happy place,
of freedom brought us haft.

13 With off' rings I'll go to thy houfe,

my vows I'll pay to Thee ;

14 Which my lips utter'd and mouth fpake,

when trouble was on me.

15 Burnt ofFrings I will offer Thee,

that full of fatnefs are ;
The beft of all my flocks and herds,
with incenfe I'll prepare. (Selah.)

16 O come and hearken now to me

all ye who GOD revere ;
And what He for my foul hath done,
I'll gratefully declare.

17 My mouth to Him in my diftrefs

fent forth my earneft cry :]
He heard me, and my joyful tongue
extolled Him on high.

18 If in my heart I fin allow'd,

the Lord would not give ear :
io But furely GOD gave ear to me,

and kindly heard my pray'r.
XO O let this kind and mighty GOD,

for ever bleffed be j
Who turned not my pray'r from Him,

nor mercy held from me.

PSAl

P S A L M LXVIL 117

PSALM LXVII. APfalmsr Song.

1 T Et GOD be merciful to us,
■**-' and with his favour blefs,
And let Him on us caufe to mine,

the brightnefs of his face.

2 That fo thy way reveal'd to us

all the glad earth may know ;
And that thy great falvation Thou,
may'ft to all nations (how.

3 O GOD, let all the people round,

give praifes to thy name ;
Let all the people thro' the world
thy higheft praife proclaim.

4 O let the nations fing for joy,

and be exceeding glad ;
Thou wilt the people rightly judge,
and all the nations lead. * {Selab.)

O GOD, let all the people round

give praifes to thy name;
Let all the people thro* the world

thy higheft praife proclaim.
And then the fruitful earth around,

(hall yield her great increafe ;
And GOD, the God who is our owns

(hall us with plenty blefs.

Our GOD will greatly blefs us all,

who his own people are ;
And all the regions of the earth,

mall Him fupreamly fear.

[ Hallelujah Metre. ]

Let GOD fhow'r down his grace,

enrich with gifts divine i
Let his illuftrious face

on us his people mine :

I 3 a That

u8 PSALM LXVIIL

a That all beiow

the arched fky,
may Thee and thy %

Salvation know.

5 Let all to GOD give praife,

with one confent agree :
^ Their voice the nations raife,
and gladly fing to Thee j
Thy pow'r obey,
whofejuftice lhall
difpofe of all,
All fceptres fway.
3 O GOD, let people pralfe,

Thee praife, both great and fmall :

6 Earth yield fhall her increafe ;

GOD, our God blefs us all.
GOD will us blefs j
and every where
all men his fear
Thro' earth profefs. /

P S A L.M LXVIIL A Pfalm orSongofDwid
1 T ET 'GOD arife, and all his foes
-*-i abroad difperfed be :
Let all who haters of Him are,
away before Him flee.
% As fmoke, the wicked Thou wilt drive
and quite difperfe abroad :
As wax by fire, fo (hall they melt
before the face of GOD.

3 But let the righteous all be glad ;

O let them joyful be
Before GOD's face ; yea let them all
rejoyce exceedingly.

4 Sing ye to GOD, O fing his praife ;

with joy extol his name :
His name is JAH, and high he rides
on heav'ns exalted frame, 5

PSALM LXVIII, uj

t For He a tender father is
to children fatherlefs ;
And GOD the widow's judge is in
his place of holinefs.
i> GOD fets the fingle * in an houfe ; *
frees captives from their bands ;
But ihofe who rebels are to Him,
inhabit thirily lands.

[ 2 Part. ]
; O GOD, when once Thou didft go forth
before thy people's face,
And thro* the hideous wildernefs
didft as their leader pals ; {Selah.)

I The earth did at GOD's preience (hake :

the heav'ns then drop'd and fell :
Sinai (hook at the fight of GOD,
the God of Ifrael.

9 O GOD, Thou on thy heritage,
didft pour a plenteous rain ;
Whereby, Thou, when it weary was,
didft it revive again.
10 Thy congregation then did make *
their habitation there ;
And of thy goodnefs for the poor,
O GOD, Thou didft prepare.

I I The Lord gave forth his word on high,

abroad it quickly came j
And great the army was of thofe

who publifhed the fame.
13 The kings of mighty armies fled,

in hafte they fled away :
And fhe that fafely ftay'd at home,

help'd to divide the prey.

13 Tho* Haves among the pots ye lay ;
you foon we did behold,
Like a fair dove with filver wings
and feathers bright with gold, 14

1 20 PSALM LXVnL

14 When the Almighty fcatter'd kings,

fo glorious then ye were ;
Like glitt'ring fnow on Salmon-hill,
ye did as bright appear.
[ 3 Part. ]

15 Like to the mount of Baftian is

the mountain of our GOD :
More choice than Baihan is the mount
of his defign'd abode.

1 6 Why leap ye fo, ye lofty hills ?

for this, this is the hill,
Where GOD defires to dwell, and where
the LORD will ever dwell.

lj The chariot f of the mighty GOD
millions J of angels are ;
And (till among them is the Lord,
as on mount Sinai, there.

18 Thou haft afcended up on high

as our victorious head :
Thou num'rous hofts of captiyes haft
thy happy captives led.

Thou haft rich gifts receiv'd for men,.

for fuch as did rebell ;
That GOD,whofe name is JAH * with them

might condefcend to dwell. ||

19 O blefled be this gracious Lord,

who daily doth us load
With many benefits, and is
of our falvation God. (Sjlab.)

20 He

-J- Heb. in the Angular Number.

% Heb. — Twenty T houf and Thouf and doubled \ which is

at leaft forty Millions ; or rather a great Number,

for a Number vallly greater and exceeding our

Imagination.

J Exprefly applied to Christ's Afanfion^WL Eph. iv.

PSALM LXVIII. in

%q He of falvation is the God,

who is our God moft ftrong ;
And to the Lord JEHOVAH do
hTues from death belong.
3i But GOD will deeply wound their heads
who are his ftubborn foes ;
The hairy crown of him who ftill
on in his trefpafs goes.

[ 4 P*rt. ]

22 The Lord faid, I'll bring back again,

again from Bafhan-land,
My people thro* the depth of feas,
by my almighty hand.

23 That Thou may'ft vanquifh thy proud foes,

fo mereilefs and ftrong j
And in the chafe may'ft: dip in blood
thy foot, and dogs their tongue.

24 Thy goings to thy holy place,

O GOD, they all have feen :

Thy goings O my God, my king,

how glorious have they been !

25 Sweet fingers marching in the van,

muficians in the rear ;
And in the midft a virgin train,
with timbrels charm the ear.

26 Blefs GOD thro' all your companies,

and forth his praifes tell :
The fov'reign Lordy Q blefs all ye,
who fpring from Ifrael.

27 Princes of Benjamin's fmall tribe,

and Judah's heads combine;
And Zebulon's and Naphtali's
the glad proceflion join.

28 Thy

is* PSALM LXVIIL

28 Thy God commanded all thy flrength,

and thus hath ftrengthned thee :
Confirm, O GOD, what Thou for us
haft wrought fo wondroufly.

C 5 P*r*. ]

29 Ev'n for thy facred temple fake

built at Jerufalem,
The kings around fhall come and bring,
their coftly gifts with them.

30 Rebuke the fpearmen's companies,

and all the multitude
Of people fierce as mighty bulls,

and fatted calves as rude ;
Till all fubmit and tribute bring

of filver from afar ;
O lcattcr Thou the people who

delight in fpoil and war.

31 Princes fhall then bow down to Thee§

and come from Egypt lands ;
- And Ethiopia fhall to GOD,

ftretch out in hafte her hands.

32 O fing aloud to GOD with joy,

ye kingdoms of the earth,
And to the fov'reign Lordy O fing

with pfalms in facred mirth. (Selah.)

33 To Him who rides on heav'ns of heav'ns,

which he of old did found ;
Lo how he fends his awful voice,
a voice of mighty found.

34 Afcribe ye boundlefs pow'r to GOD ;

whofe glorious dignity,
Is over Ifra'l, and his pow'r
(hines in the lofty fky.

35 O

PSALM LXIX. i2j

35 O GOD, how terrible art Thou
out of thy holy place !
God mighty pow'r his people gives :
to GOD be all the praife.

PSALM LXIX. APJalmof David.

1 O Ave me, O GOD : for mighty ilreams
^ break now into my foul :

2 In depths of mire and floods I fink,

and torrents o'er me roll.

3 I with my crying weary am ;

my throat is thereby dry :
And my eyes fail, while for my God,
I wait attentively.

4 Thofe men who for no caufe at all

to me great hatred bear,
More than the hairs upon my head

increas'd in number are.
Yea mighty are my caufelefs foes,

who would me hurt and flay ;
Then I refigned and gave up
what I ne'er took away.

[ 2 Part. ]

5 O GOD, Thou know'ft my foolifhnefs,

Thou doft it fully fee ;
And all my faults of life and heart,
lie open clear to Thee.

6 Lord^ LORD % of hofts, let none who wait

on Thee have fhame for me ;
Nor thofe who feek Thee, Ifr'el's God,
for me confounded be.

7 Becaufe 'tis only for thy fake,

I fuffer this difgrace ;
And for Thy fake alone it is,

confufion fpreads my face. 8 For

% Hebrew— AJonai, Jehovah.

124 PSALM LXIX.

8 For Thee, to my own brethren I

a ftranger quite became ;
And to my mother's children I,
an utter alien am.

9 For of thy houfe the fervent zeal

hath ev'n confumed me ; ||

And on me their reproaches fell,

who have reproached Thee.

JO My weeping, fading, grief of foul,

to my reproach were turn'd ;
1 1 A proverb to them I became,

when I in fackcloth mourn'd.
22 Who fat in gates of dignity,
on me did cenfures pafs ;
And I the fubjecft of the fong
of ftupid drunkards was.

13 But, LORD, in an accepted time

I make my pray'r to Thee :

In thy great mercy, O my GOD,

and faving * truth * hear me.

[ 3 P«*- ]

14 O refcue me out of the mire,

and me from finking keep :
Free me from thofe who hate my foul,
and out of waters deep.

15 Let not the floods me overflow,

nor the deep fwallow me.
Nor mouth of the devouring grave
upon me clofed be.

16 LORD hear me : for exceeding good

is thy benignity ;
And in thy mercies multitude
O turn and look * to me.

17 O
I Applied to Christ, Joh. xi. 17.

PSALM LXIX. itj

17 O do not from thy fervant hide,

thy countenance away ;
For I in grievous trouble am :
hear me without delay.

18 O draw Thou near my troubled foul,

redeem and fet it free ;
And from my powerful enemies,
do Thou deliver me.

19 Thou knoweft all my vile reproach,

my (hame, and my difgrace :
Mine adverfaries and their plots
are all before thy face.

ao My heart is broken with reproach,
and full of heavinefs :
I look'd, but found no comforter,
not one to give me eafe.

21 But bitter gall was all the food,

they to me offer'd have ;
And in my parching third, for drink
(harp vinegar they gave. |[

[ 4 Port- ]

22 Before them (hall their table prove

a fnare : and Thou wilt make
Their temporal profperity
a trap, themfelves to take.

23 Thick darknefs on their eyes (hall come,

that they (hall nothing fee :
And Thou wilt make their loins to (hake,
for fear, continually.

24 Thou wilt thine anger on them pour j

thy wrath (hall feize them faft ; *

25 Their palace (hall be defolate ;

and all their tents be wafte : f

26 For
I Applied to Christ,— Mat. xxvii. Mar,xv< Joht xix.
f Applied to Judas J/cariot, A&i h 20.

126 P S A L M LXIX.

26 For, him whom Thou haft fmitten down,
they perfecute the more ;
And vex him with malicious words,
whom Thou didft wound before.

17 Thou wilt them therefore juftly leave
to add more fin to fin ;
And they thy paths of righteoufnefs
mall never enter in.

28 Out of the book of living ones

Thou wilt them wholly blot ;
And in the roll of righteous men,
they never mail be wrote.
[ 5 Part. ]

29 I'm poor, diftrefs'd : falvation grant ;

raife me, O GOD, on high.

30 I'll praife the name of GOD with fongs,

with thanks Him magnify.

31 This will be pleafing to the LORD,

and better in his eyes,
Than any bullocks fat f and young, %
mature for facrifice. j|

32 And when the humble this (hall fee,

it joy to them will give :
And ye who feek the blefled GOD,
your heart mail ever live.

33 Becaufe JEHOVAH hears the poor,

his prifners won't defpife 5

34 Let heav'ns, earth, feas, and ev'ry thing

that moves therein Him praife.

35 For GOD will Judah's cities build,

and Zion he will fave ;
That they mav dwell therein, and them
for their pofleffion have.

36 The

f SothtCkaUee ScSyriack : J]So the Sept .ami tnSLatw
and Arab, \ So AinjviQrth & Gejer*

PSALM LXX,LXXI. it7

it The children of his fervants too
inherit (hall the fame ;
And thofe fhali have their dwelling there t
who truly love his name.

PSALM LXX.
APfalm of David, to bring to Remembrance

1 r\ GOD, from my diihefs,
^* make hade to fet me free :

O LORD, with fpeed do Thou afford
thy faving help to me.

2 Let them who feek my foul,

be made to blufli with lhame ;

And with confufion turned back

who make my hurt their aim.

3 They fhall be turned back,

. with fhame confounded be 5
As a juft recompence to them
for their infulting me.

4 Let all who feek thy face

be glad and joy in Thee ;
Who thy falvation lovs, fay frill,
« GOD magnified be."

5 But I'm diftrefs'd, O GOD :

make hafte to me, I pray ;
For Thou my help and faviour art,
O LORD, make no delay.

PSALM LXXL
I TEHOVAH, in my great diftref*
J I place my truft in Thee :
O let me not be put to fhame
to perpetuity. *
% But in thy truth and righteoufnefs \
refcue and fet me free :
O bow to me thy gracious ear,

and five me fpeedily. 3 B«

The Heb, fcem3 to include both Rjghtmfntft & TrutK

«28 PSALM LXXI.

2 Be Thou the rock where I may dwell,
and conftantly refort :
To fave me Thou commanded haft,
who art my rock and fort.

4 My God, free me from wicked hands,

hands cruel, as unjuft ;

5 For Lord JEHOVAH % Thou my hope,

and from my youth my truft ;

6 Thou haft upheld me from my birth,
thro' all my dang'rous days ;

Yea, from my mother's womb me took ;
and I'll Thee ever praife.

[ 2 Part. J

I To many I a wonder am :

be Thou my refuge ftrong ;

8 And let my mouth refound thy praife

and honour, all day long.

9 In time of my declining age

O caft me not from Thee '.
And as I find my ftrength decay
O now forfakc not me.

10 For my malicious enemies

againft me falfely fpeak ;
And they who for my foul lay wait
together counfel take.

II For GOD, they fay, hath him forfook,

4 Now perfecute ye him,
And feize him Now 5 for there is none
1 to fave, or him redeem. '

12 O GOD, in this my great di ftrefs,
be Thou not far from me ;
But for my help, O Thou my God,
come to me fpeedily,

[ 3 P*K )
% Hebrew-: Mrm Jehovah,

PSALM LXXT. 129

[ 3 P«rt. ]

14 But I with hope and patience flill

on Thee will waiting be ;
And I will add yet more and more
to all the praife of Thee.

15 My mouth (hall forth thy righteouihefs,

and thy falvation (how,
From day to day ; for or" the fame
no number do I k-now.

16 I in the ftrength of God the LORD

with joy will ftiii go on ;

I'll celebrate thy nghteoufnefs,

yea mention thine alone.

17 From my youth up, O gracious GOD,

Thou hall inftrudted me :
And hitherto I have deciar'd
the wonders wrought by Thee.

18 And now forfake me not, O GOD,

while old and- grey L grow ;
Till to this age, and all to come
thy mighty pow'r I (how.

19 Alfo thy righteoufnefs, O GOD,

is high exceedingly ;
Great arethe things whichThou baft wrought,
O GOD, who's like to Thee !

[ 4 Part. ]

20 Thou, who haft caufed me to fee
afflictions great and fore,

Wilt turn, revive me, and with joy
from depths of earth reftore.

21 Yea more than this ; Thou wilt ev'n caufe
my greatnefs to abound ;

And with exceeding comfort Thou
wilt wnoiJy me furround.

K 22 I

l3o PSALM LXX1I.

22 I with tht pfalt'ry will Thee praife,

Thy truth, my God, make known |
And with the harp I'll fing to Thee,
O Ifr'd's Holy One.

23 Now greatly will my lips rejoyce,

while I fing praife to Thee ;
So (hall my foul becaufe thou haft,
redeem'd and let it free.

24 And as Thou thofe who fought my hurt,

confounded haft with ihame ;
My grateful tongue thy righteoufnefs
(hall ev'ry day prociaim. '
PSALM LXXI1. APfalmfor Solomon.
[As the Typical Messiah ; but with a va/ity higher
View to the univerfal happy and eternal Reign of
CHRIST the Real.]

1 r\ GOD, Thy judgments give the King,
^ Thy righteoufnefs give to his Son :

2 Then he'll thy people rightly judge
And to thy poor fee juftice done.

3 The mountains (hall abundantly

To all the people bring forth peace ;
And all the little hills abound,
With joyful fruits of righteoufnefs.

4 Poor of the people he will judge,
And children of the needy fave :
He will to pieces break all thofe
Who with their fraud opprefTed have.

5 They (hall Thee fear while fun and moon
Endure, thro' generations all :

6 Like rain on mown grafs he will come,
As fhow'rs on earth diftiliing fall.

7 The righteous (hall lift up- their heads,
Rejoyce and flourifh in his reign ;
And till the moon to (hine (hall ceafe,

He will abundant peace maintain. 1

PSALM LXXII. 131

8 His great and bleis'd dominion, mall
Abroad from Tea to fea extend ;
And from the river || it (hail reach
Qu.te to the earth's remoter!: end.

9 They in the wildernefs who dwell,
In homage bow before him muft ;
His toes fhall, tailing at his feet,

In low proitration lick the dull.

[ 2 Part. ]

10 The kings of Tarfhiih and the Iiles,
To him Avail coitly prefents bring -,
Sheba's and Seba's kings their gifts
To him as their fupenor Kmg.

11 Yea all the kings throughout the earth,
To him (hall bow, and homage pay ;
And all the nations of the world
Shall Him as the fupream obey.

12 Becaufe he will the needy fave,
When they to him for fuccour call,
Thofe who affli&ed are, and thofe,
Who have no human help at all. /

j 3 The feeble and neceiTitous,
He will in tender pity ipare ;
He will preferve and fave the fouls
Of thofe who poor and needy are.

14 Their fouls from fraud and violence
Hii pow'r and mercy will redeem ;
And in his eyes their blood mail be
Of precious worth and high elteem.

15 Long thall he live ; and they fhall bring .
To him of Sheba's rineft eold :

Pray'rs fhall be always made for him,
And daily he fhall be extoll'd.

K 2 16 Of

II i- e, The great River Euphrates.

132 PSALM LXXIII.

16 Of corn an handful in the earth *
Tho' on the tops of mountains fown,
The fruit ihall rife, increufe and wave
Like the tall trees of Lebanon.

And they who in the city dwell
Shall greatly flourifh and abound,
In numbers like the fertile grafs,
Which grows upon the richeft ground,

17 His name for ever (hall endure,
And Ihall continue as the fun ;
In him all nations (hall be bleft,
And him proclaim the blessed One.

18 O let JEHOVAH bleffed be,
The GOD, the God of lfrael :
For by Himfelf alone he works
Such things as wond'rous are to tell.

19 O let his glorious name be blefs'd
Eternal as his happy reign :
And let his glory fill the earth :
Repeat aloud, Amen, Amen.

[ Common Metre. [

18 O let the LORD GOD blefled be,

the GOD of lfrael :
For by Himfelf alone he works,
things wonderful to tell.

19 O let his glorious name be blefs'd,

eternal .as his reign ;
And let his glory fill the earth :
repeat, Amen, Amen.

PSALM LXXIII. A Pfalm */Afaph.

1 cUre GOD is good to lfrael,
^ to thofe in heart fincere :

2 But as for me, my feet had flipt,

and nigh to falling were.

3 For

PSALM LXXIII. ,„

3 For I wa- envious and gnev'd,

the foolilh ones to fee ;
And the uneodly, while they liv'd
in great profperity.

4 When they feem'd free from bands of death ;

their ftrength feem'd firm and fure j

5 No plagues had they, nor griefs, nor pains,

as other men endure.

6 With pride as with a chain of gold

encompailed they are ;
And cloath'd with violence, the fame
as a rich veil: they wear.

7 Out of the fulnefs of their fat

extended are their eyes :
And they more 'profp'rous (rate enjoy,
than what their hearts devife.
S Corrupted are they, and by words
in malice out they break ;
Oppreflion openly maintain,
and loftily they fpeak.

9 Againft the heav'ns they fet themfelves,

with daring mouths they talk ;
And with mifcheivous, lawlefs tongues,
throughout the earth they walk.
( 2 Part. ]

10 From hence his people hither turn ;

to this perplexing doubt -,
When waters of full bitter cups
are to themfelves wrung out,

11 And in their folly thus they fay;

'How does God all things know'?
« Does the moft High look down and fee,
c all things done here below ?'
*2 < Behold thefe the ungodly are,
* who live in eafe and peace ;
6 And they who profper in the world,
4 whofe riches ftill incftafe. * Sure

j 34 P S A L M LXXIII.

* Sure I have wafh'd my heart and hands
' in innocence in vain :

14 * For ev'ry day I plagu'd have been,

c each morning icourg'd with pain.

15 But if to fpeak at fuch a rate

I rafhly (hould pretend,

Of thy dear children I the race

(hould gnevoufly offend.

16 When this I thought to underftand,

it was loo hard for me ;

17 Till to the houfe of God I went,

where I their end did fee.

18 For fure on places flippery,

theie men difpos'd Thou haft 5
And down into dettruclion deep,
Thou doll them quickly caft.

19 How in a moment unawares

to ruin brought are they ?

And how with terrors utterly

mall they confume away ?

20 Like a vain dream when one awakes,

away their glory flies ;
And when O Lord, Thou rifeft up,
Thou wilt their fhade defpife.

r 3 P«rt. ]

21 So weak and troubled was my heart,

my reins were pierc'd in me ;

22 So foolifh I, and ignorant,

ev'n as a beaft with Thee.

23 Neverthelefs continually,

before Thee yet I {land ;
Thou had me alfo fled aftly
upheld by my right hand.

^ 24 Thou

PSALM LXXIV. 135-

24 Thou with thy conftant counfel wilt
direction to me give ;
Up afterward Thou wilt on high
to glory me receive.
15 In heav'n above but Thee alone,
who is it that I have ?
And there is nothing on the earth
befides Thee that I crave.

26 My fleih and heart intirely fail,

but Thou wilt me reftore ;
For of my heart GOD is the ftrength,
my portion evermore.

27 But lo, they that are far from Th e,

lhall utterly decay ;
And all who faithlefs (tray from Thee,
Thou wilt conlume away.

28 Whereas for me, 'tis good that I

ftill near to GOD repair ;
I on the Lord JEHOVAH truft,
thy works all to declare.

PSALM LXXIV. Mafchil a/Afaphu

1 VfT'Herefore, O GOD, for evermore

** halt Thou rejected us ?
Why fmoaks thy wrath againft the (heep
of thine own paftur<r thus r

2 O mind thy flock Thou bought'ft of old,

this heritage of th'ne,
By Thee redeem'd, and Zion-hill
where Thou didft dwell and (hine.

3 O lift thy feet, and come and view

the utter ruins wrought ;
And what the foe ,with wicked rage
hath on thy temple brought.

K 4 4 For

x36 PSALM LXXIV.

4 For where thy congregations met,

thy toes roar hideoufly ;
And there tor iigns of triumph fet
their tnfigns up on high.

5 The man who feil'd thick trees to build

thy ^emple, had renown ;

6 But now thy toes in fpite and rage

beat ail the carvings down.

7 They call thy holy houfe into *

the fierce devouring flame,
And throwing to the ground, defile
the dwelling of thy name.

8 Yea, now laid fhey, we'll break * them all

with our refill lei's hand ;
And burn up all the fynagogues
ot God throughout the land.

[ 2 Part. ]

9 We fee no more our wonted figns,
our prophets all are gone ;
To rell us when thefe things fhall end,
among us there is none,
io How long (hall thefe infulting foes
Thee mighty GOD defame ?
Or ffiall they alwavs be allow'd
thus to blafpheme thy name ?

ii O wherefore thy right hand of pow'r
dolt Thou from us reftrain ?
Out cf thv bofom now for us,
draw fouh the lame again.
12 For GOD the mighty is my king,
ev'n from the time of old,
Workng in midft ol all the earth
falvations manifold,

13 Thou

PSALM LXXIV. 137

13 Thou didft the mighty iea divide

by thy fupenour pow'r ;
And break, the dragons dreadful heads,
who thro' the waters roar.

14 The' heads of the leviathan ||

to pieces Thou didft break ;
To thofe who in the defart d^elt,
for meat Thou didft him make.

15 Thou clav'ft the fountain and the flood,

Thou bidft the ftreams to flow ;
Thou dry' ft the mighty rivers up,
to leacl thy people thro'.

16 The cheerful day, the gloomy night,

Thou mak'ft, and they are thine ;
Thou haft prepar'd the beauteous light,
and made the fun to fhine.

17 Thou all the borders of the earth

haft fet by thy decree :
The fummer and the winter both
are made and rul'd by Thee.

[ 3 P**- ]

18 O LORD, remember how the foe

does ev'n Thy felf defame ;

And how the foolifh people dare

bhfpheme thy facred name.

19 O do not to this multitude

thy turtle's foul give o'er ;
For ever do not Thou forget
th' aflembly of thy poor.

20 Thy facred covenant regard :

for round about we fee,
The earth's dark, places filled with

the feats of cruelty. 21 O

|,i. e. not only Pharaoh, but alfo AmaUk, K. Arad,
Sibm, Ogg and JBa/ak.

138 PSALM LXXV.

21 O let not thofe who sre oppreh'd,

ever return with fhame ;

But let the deftitute and poor,

tor ever praife thy name.

22 A rife, O GOD, piead thine own caufe :

and have in memory,
How day by day the topiiih man,
mocks and reproaches Thee.
%l Forget not Thou the voice of thofc
wno are tlnne enemies :
Their noife and tumults daily grow,
who up againft Thee rife.

PSALM LXXV.

A Pfalm or Song of A faph.

1 '"TO Thee, O GOD, we render thanks,

to Thee with praife repair ;
For, that thy blefTcd name is near,
thy wondrous works declare.

2 When I f th' appointed feafon J take,

which (hall the fitted be ;
Then judgment done to ev'ry one
in righteoufnei's Til fee.

3 The earth would quickly all difTolve,

with all who dwell therein ;
But I the trembling pillars ftay,
and firmly them fuftain. {Selah.)

4 I to the foolifh people faid,

deal not fo foohfhiy ;
And to the wicked and the proud,
lift not the horn on high.

5 Raife
i. e. not A/mpb% but GOD. ver. 7. &c. and fo Mariana*

, Grotius, Muis, Hammond.

i 1° H^ ancient rer/*°»s> C*ft*to,Mmlanuj,Pa£nint,
Enghjb Margin, Hammond, &c.

PSALM LXXVI. 13 9

5 Raife not your iium aloft, as if

ye darea the molt High j
But bow your ftiff'ned neck, and learn
to fpeak fubmiffively.

6 For the promotion which ye feck

comes nether from the eaft,
Nor rrom the mountains * nor the fouth, f
the defart, * nor the weft.

7 But GOD alone is judge fupream,

and ac~h With equity ;
His pleasure one man puts below,
and fets another high.

8 For in jEHOVAH's /overeign hand,

a mixed cup He hath ;
The wine above is iparklmg red,
below are dregs of wrath.

From thence He pours to all around,

to each as He does pleaie \
But all the wicked wring the dregs,
and drink the bitter lees.

9 But I'll j| extol, and ever fing

the Go-1 of Jacob's praiie :

10 The wicked's pow'r 1 w.ll deitroy,

the ju(t to pow'r I'll raife.
P S A L M LXXVI.
A Pjalm or Song of A fa ph.

1 TN Judah GOD is known : his name
A is great in Ifrael :

2 In Salem- his pavilion is :

in Zion He does dwell ;

3 There He the burning arrows * brake,

the bow, (hieid, fword and war : (Stlab.)

4 More glorious Thou than mounts of prey,

more excellent by far. 5 They

J 1. e. Ev'ry one who fang with A^aph ; comprehend-
ing David, arid all his Prices 8c JVe^ round him.

140 PSALM LXXVL

5 They that were (tout of heart are fpoil'd,

in fleep of death they fall :
The mighty could not find their hands
or pow'r to help at all.

6 O Thou of Jacob mighty God,

at thy rebuke and blaft
The charioteers and horfe into
the fleep of death are caft.

7 Thou, even Thou art terrible,

whom all mould greatly fear :
O who can ftand before thy face,
if once thy wrath appear ?

8 When Thou didft from the heav'ns on high

caufe judgment to be heard ;
The earth in awful filence itood,
exceedingly it tear'd ;

9 When GOD his judgment to difpenfe

up as a judge aroie,
The meek of all the earth to fave
from all their mighty foes. (Selab.)

10 AfTuredly the wrath of men

(hall praifes to Thee gain ;
And the remainder of their wrath,
Thou furely wilt reftrain.

11 Vow to the LORD your God, and pay,

all ye that round Him are;
To Him who is moft terrible,
your prefents bring with fear.

12 The fpint that in princes is,

afunder cut will He ;
And to the kings throughout the earth
He terrible will be.

PSALM.

PSALM LXXVIT. 141

P S A L M LXXVII. A PJalm of Afaph.

1 T With my voice to GOD did cry 9
-*■ ye with my voice aloud
I cry'd to GOD ; and gracioufly
to mc his ear He bow'd.
1 In my diltrefs I (ought the Lord,
my fore ran in the night,
And ceafed not ; my ioui refus'd,
all comfort and delight.

3 I thought on GOD and troubled was

yet more; without relief;
I meditated * til! my foul

was overwhelm^ with grief. (Selah.)

4 In ev'ry watch of tedious night,

Thou kepft my foul awake ;
My trouble fweli'd to fuch excefs,
I groan'd, but could not fpeak.

5 I call'd to mind the days of old,

with (ignal mercies crown'd ;
Thofe famous years of ancient time,
for wondrous works renown'd.

6 Yea, to my mem'ry I recall'd

the fongs by night I had ;
I commun'd with my thoughtful heart,
ftridt fearch my fpirit made.

[ 2 Part. ]

7 Alafs ! faid I, what will the Lord,

caft off, and not reftore ?
And from henceforth will He afford,
no favour any more ?

8 Is all his mercy ceas'd and gone I

mud that no more avail ?
The gracious promifes He made,
(hall they for ever fail ?

9 Or

1 42 PSALM LXXVIL

9 Or is it true, that to be kind,
my God forgotten haih ?
And that h;s tender mercies He
hath mut up in his wrath ?

10 Then bid I, this my weaknefs is,

who have no pow'r to hand ;

But I'll remember the moft High,

and years of his right hand.

11 The works of JAH * I'll call to mind,

his actions manifold ;
I'll lureiy to remembrance call
thy wondrous works of old.
II On all thy works I'll meditate,
and of thy doings laik.

13 Thy way, O GOD, is Holinefs, %

where Thou doft ever walk.

[ 3 P«rt. ]

14 What God fo great as our GOD is ?

Thou God, haft wonders done :
Among the people Thou thy ftrength,
halt openly made known.

15 Thy people Thou from bondage haft

. by thy ftrong arm fet free ;
Of Jofeph and of iirael,
the vaft Poftenty. (Selab.)

16 Thee did the waters fee, O GOD,

Thee fee with trembling fear :
The mighty deeps with all their waves,
in great con. motion were.

17 The clouds their floods of water pour'd,

the fkies lent forth a found ;
Thine arrows in thy ftorms of hail,

flew terribly around. 18 Thy,

% Hehreiv, Arabi:ky Pagnir;e}Montanus, Tigurine Verfion,
and Trtme/iuf.

PSALM LXXVIL 143

18 Thy dreadful voice from heaven above

in roaring thunders broke :
Thy light'nings blaz'd thro'out the world,
the earth in horror Ihook.

19 Thy way was in the troubled fea,

a wondrous way was fhown ;
Thy paths thro' mighty waters were,
thy fteps cannot be known.

20 By Mofes and by Aaron's hand,

Thou, as thy people's head,
Thro' the vaft defart like a flock,
didit them in fafety lead.

PSALM LXXVIIL Mafchil */Afaph.

1 A Ttend my people to my law,
^* incline your iiftning tar ;
And the inductions of my mouth*

with Ariel: attention hear.

2 My mouth (hall parables explain,

and fayings dark of old ;

3 What we our felves have heard and known,

and what our fathers told.

4 Them from their children we'll not hide,

but to their race make known,
JEHOVAH's praifes, and his ftrength,
and wonders he hath done.

5 This ftaitue He in Jacob fet,

this law in Ifr'el made,
And charg'd our fathers, they mould be,
from race to race convey'd :

6 That generations yet to conic,

them happily may know ;
And children to be born, and rife,
the fame to their's may (how.

7 That

144 PSALM LXXVIII.

7 That they on the fame mighty GOD
their confidence might let,
God's works and his commandments keep,
and never might forget.

S And might not like their fathers be,
a ftifF, rebellious race ;
A race whofe heart not right with God,
nor fpirit ftedfaft was.
[ 2 Part. ]
9 The fons of Ephraim, tho' well arm'd
and carrying warl.ke bows,
Yet in the day of battle turn'd
their backs b fore their foes.
10 GOD's covenant they neither kept,

nor in his law would go :
it His works and wonders they forgot,
which He to them did fhow.

12 Things marvellous which he perform'd,

their fathers had beheld ;
Within the land of Egypt wrought,
and done in Zoan's field.

13 He cut the fea, and mnde them pafs,

held back the preffing flood ;
While up in heaps on either fide,
the waters firmly flood.

14 He led them with a wondrous cloud,

compos'd of fhade and light ;
A ihelt'ring fhade it prov'd by day,
a light of fire by night.

15 While in the thirfty wildernefs,

the folid rock He clave ;
And thence, as from the boundlefs deeps,
abundant f drink He gave.

16 Yea

f Hdrt*v and Mont anus.

PSALM LXXVIII. i4J.

16 Yea from the flinty rock He made

fuch ft reams to gufh and flow,
That in full rivers down they ran,
and water'd all below.

[ 3 P"*> J

17 And yet for all, they mure and more

againft Him did ti anfgrefs ;
And more provoked the moft High,
while in the wildernefs.

18 Firft in their hearts they tempted God,

and did his pow'r diftruft ;
Then meat requir'd, not urg'd by want,
but to induige their luft.

19 Yea fpake againft the mighty GOD,

and inlolentiy faid,

* Can God in fuch a wildernefs,

' for us a table fpread ?

20 c He fmote the flinty rock indeed,

and guftiing ftreams enfu'd ;

* But can He bread and flefh provide,

for fuch a multitude ? '

21 The LORD with indignation heard,

and kindled was a flame ;
On Jacob, on his Ifrael,
the burning anger came.

22 Becaufe their unbelieving hearts

would not in GOD confide,
Nor truft in his falvation, who
had them fo oft fupply'd.

[ 4 Part. ]

23 The clouds He order'd ev'ry night,

their cravings to relieve ;
The doors of heav'n He op'ned wide,
the choiceft food to give.

L 24 Oa

14* PSALM LXXVIII.

24 On them He manna rained down,

and round about them fpread ;
The corn of heav'n He gave to them,
ev'n for their daily bread.

25 So men the food of angels eat,

were ted and fatisfy'd ;
Yea of hi> bounty them with meat
He to the full fupply'd.
l6 He caus'd an ea't wind thro' the air
to blow .it M£ command ;
And then H^ bro't the fouth wind forth
by his almighty hand.

27 He rain'd upon them living flefh,

like fumm.r's du(t for ftore j
And fhow'red down the feather'd fowls
ws land upon the fhoar.

28 Ev'n in their camp and round their tents

He let them gently fall.

29 They ear, were fill'd, and their defire

He fully gave to all.

[ 5 *V- ]

30 Yet were they not eftranged from

their luft and murm'ring fin ;

But while their dainty meat was yet

their loathing mouths within ;

31 The wrath of GOD again arofe,

in plagues upon them fell ;
Which flew their fat ones, and fmote down
the flower of Ifrael.

32 And yet for all, they finned ftill ;

his gracious foul ihev grieve :
And tho' his works moft wond'rous were,
yet they would not believe.

33 There-

PSALM LXXVIII. 147

33 Therefore their fin'ul days He made,

in vanity to fpend ;
Short'ned f their) e rs, and made them wade
in trouble to their end.

34 When He among them (laughters made,

they fought Him fpeedily ;
Yea they return'd, and after God
enquired earneftly.

35 For then they to lemembrance call'd,

how GOD, their rock had been ;
And how they had the moft high God
their great redeemer fctn.

36 But bafely flatter'd with their mouths,

their tongues ev'n to Him ly'd.

37 Their heart was falfe, nor did they in

his covenant abide.

38 Yet full of mercy, He forgave,

nor would them wholly flay,
Nor all his anger raife ; but oft
he turn'd his wrath away.

39 For He remember'd they were flefh

that could not long remain ;
A wind that paffes quick away,
and ne'r comes back again !
[ 6 Part. ]

40 How oft did they provoke Him there ?

how oft his heart they griev'd, *
In that fame wildernefs where He
their fainting foals reliev'd ?

41 Yea they perverfely turned back,

and tempted the moft High ;
And they to Ifr'els holy One
fet bounds, his pow'r to try.

L 2 42 The\

f Septuagint^yriacki ancient Latin, Ncw-Fng.

P S A L M LXXVIIL

42 They did not call to mind his hand,

and tnat molt wondrous day,
When from opprefTors He them freed
and brought them all away :

43 Nor all the ligns in Egypt's land,

He wrought before their eyes ;
jNor wonders done in Zoan's field
upon their enemies.

44 Their fprings and rivers turn'd to blood,

that they could drink no more :

45 Vaft fwarms of diverfe flies and frogs

He fent, them to devour.

46 To caterpillars gave their fruit,

to locufts gave their toil :

47 With hail did He their vines deftroyr

great hail f their fig-trees J fpoil.

48 To ftorms of hail their cattle gavc?

which greatly them anncy'd,
And then to fiery thunder bolts,
which terribly deftroy'd.

49 He on them his hot anger, wrath-,

and indignation call,
By evil angels whom He fent,
to vex and lay them wade.

50 He for his further wrath made way :

their fouls He did not fave
From death : and to the murrain plague jj
their animals |] He gave.

51 Then in the land of Egypt He

'id all the firft-born7hiite ;
And in the tents of cruel Ham
the chief of aiJ their might.

, c 52 Bu

f So Pagnine, Buxtorf and the Entfi/h Margin,
t So Syr irab & P/oL cv 33, as DeMuis obfervefc.
|| tick. Sep. ChaUee, Syr. Arabick, & Englifo Margin.

PSALM LXXVIII. i4>

52 But like a flock ot (he<-p He mauc

his people forth to go ;
And in the defart like a flock
with care He led them too.

53 He led them lately thro' the deeps ;

no cauie of fear they found :
But in the feas returning waves,
their following foes were drown'd.

54 His people brought into the bounds

of this his (acred land ;
This mountain which He purchas'd by
the work of his right hand.

55 Before them caft the nations out,

and did their lands divide ;
And in their tents he plac'd the tribes
of Ifr'el to refide.

[ 7 Part. ]

56 Yet mil they tempted, mil provok'd,

and griev'd the GOD moll High,
His facred testimonies they
woukl not keep faithfully :

57 But like their fathers turned back :

and faithlefnefs did (how :
They turned quickly back juft like
a bent deceitful bow.

58 For they with altars Him provok'd
fet up in places high ;

And with their graven images
inflam'd his jealoufy.

59 GOD hearing this, was wroth, and Ioath'd
Ifr'el with hatred great :

60 So Shiloh's tent He left, the tent
He had among men fet.

61 Yea He gave up his ark of ftrength
into captivity ;

His glory gave into the hand
ot a Yiie enemy, L 3 62 His

ijo PSALM LXXVIIL

62 His people gave up to the fword,

to its devouring rage ;
And was exceeding angry with
his chofen heritage.

63 The lire of war confum'd their youth,

their maids unmarried were :

64 Their priefts were ilaughter'd in the field,

no v/idows mourn'd them there, f

65 But then the Lord arofe as one

who rous'd from deep awakes ;
Yea as a giant rais'd by wine,
a mighty fhouting makes.

66 And on his enemies behind

He made his ftrokes to fall ;
And put them all to open fhame,
a mame perpetual.

[ 8 Part. ]

67 The tents of Jofeph He did then

and Ephraim's tribe refuie :

68 But Juriah's tribe and Zion hill,

which He hath lov'd, did chufe.

69 And 'here his fancluary built

like palaces on high ;
Like to the earth He founded* hath
to perpetuity.

70 Of David his young fervant He

the choice did kindJy make ;
And from the foldings of the fheep
the royal Shepherd take.

71 From following * the ews with young,

He rais'd him up to feed

Ifra'i his choice inheritance,

his people, Jacob's k^d.

72 So

t i.e. their Widows had no Opportunity to Mow
them to their Graves in Mourning.

PSALM LXXIX. x5t

72 So them he as a fhepherd fed j
and guided all the land,
In his integrity of heart,
and fkilfulnefs of hand.

PSALM LXXIX. APfalmofkh^h,

1 DEhold, O GOD, how heathen foes
*^_ Thine her.tage invade ;

Defile thy holy houfe ; in heaps
jerufalem have laid.

2 Thy fervants bodies lying dead,

they caft forth to be meat
To rav'nous fowls ; and thy faints fle{h
to favage beafts to eat.

3 Like water they pour'd out their blood

about Jerufalem ;
Their mangled bodies lay abroad,
and none to bury them.

4 We are become a vile reproach

to all our neighbours near y
Yea a derifion and a feoff
to all who round us are.

5 How long, O LORD ? For evermore

(hall thus thine anger laft ?
How long thy burning jea!oufy
like fire go on and waile ?

6 Thy wrath on heathens Thou wilt pour„

who own Thee not at all ;
And on the kingdoms round who on
thy name refufe to call.

7 For they have cruelly devour'd

thy fervant Jacob's race ;
And have with fire and fword laid wafte
bis pleafant dwelling place,

L 4 [2 Part,

152 PSALM LXXX.

f 2 Part. ]

8 Mind not againft us former fins j

thy tender mercies mow :

Let them prevent us fpeedily ;

for we're brought very low.

9 Help, for the glory of thy Name,

our Saviour God, this day :
For thy Name fake deliver us,
and purge our fins away.

10 Why fay the heathen, where's your GOD ?

before us they (hall fee,
When thy dear fervants blood they (hed
mall be reveng'd by Thee.

11 O let the captives fighs afcend

before thy face on high ;
And let thy mighty arm preferve
thofe who are doom'd to die.

12 But to cur neighbour's bofom Thou

wilt feven-fold repay,
For their reproach wherewith, O Lord,
reproached Thee have' they.

13 So we thy people and thy flock,

will ever blefs thy^name ;
And from our gratqfarJiearts thy praife

from age to age pfctflaim.
PSALM LXXX. A Pfahn of M™h.

1 TpHou who Icad'ft Jofeph as a flock,

x O Ifra'ls Shepherd hear ;
Who dweil'ft between the cherubims,
mine forth in glory there.

2 Before f Manaffeh, Benjamin,

and Ephr'im : O do Thou, .
Stir up thy ftrength, andquickly come ;
to us falvation mow. 3 Turn

f The Tabernacle including the^$,in theWildernefs go-
ing before thcFaccs of Manaftb, Benjamin & Efbraim.

PSALM LXXX. 152

3 Turn us, O GOD, to Thee again,

and caufe thy countenance
To fhme forth upon us, and we
fhall have deliverance.

4 LORD GOD of hofts, how long wilt Thou„

thus in thine anger fmoke,
Againft thy people and their pray'rs,
who Thee alone invoke.

5 Thou feedeft them with flowing tears,

which foak the bread they eat ;
And for their drink Thou giv'ft them tears
in meafure very great.

6 Thou makeft us a ftrife among

our neighbours on each fide j
Our foes with one another vie,
who fhaii us mod deride.

7 Turn us again, O GOD of hofts,

and caufe thy countenance
To fhinc forth upon us, and we
fhall have deliverance.

[ 2 Fart. ]

S From Egypt Thou haft brought a vine,
the heathen out didft call; ;
And in the land where once they fpread,
thy vine Thou planted haft.

9 Before it room Thou didft prepare

by thy fubduing hand :
And caufing it deep root to take,
it fpread and fill'd the land.

10 The mountains high and all around,

were cover'd.with her (hade ;

And like the cedar trees of God *

her branches were difplay'd. a

11 Yea?

154 PSALM LXXX,

1 1 Yea, (he as far as to the fea

her growing boughs did fend ;
And to the mighty River % (he,
htr branches did extend.

12 O why then haft Thou broken down,

its hedge, and laid it bare ;
That all who pafs along the way
her fruitful branches tare.

13 'Tis wafted by the favage boar,

that rufhes from the wood;
And all the wild beafts of the field
devour it for their food.

14 O GOD of hofts, we beg of Thee,

return again, to thine ;
Look down from heav'n, behold and fee3
and vifit this thy vine.

15 The vineyard which with thy right hand

of pow'r Thou planted haft ;
The very branch which for Thy (elf,
Thou ftrongly didft fet faft.

16 But now thy vine with lire confumes.

her branches are cut down ;
At thy rebuke they fade away,
and perifh at thy frown.

17 O with the man of thy right hand,

let thy hand prefent be,
And with the fon of man whom Thou
haft made (o ftrong for Thee.

18 So by thy grace, we never will

revolt from Thee at all :
O quick'n us now, and on thy Name
we gratefully will call.

19 LORD

% The River Euphrates being the greateft near theLand
©f Canaant it went by the name of the Rivrr*

PSALM LXXXI. jSS

19 LORD GOD of hofts, turn us again,
an^ caufe thy countenance
To mine forth upon us, and we
"(hall have deliverance.

PSALM LXXXI. JPfa/mofAhpK

1 r\ To the mighty GOD our ftrength,
^ fing with a fhoutmg voice j

O to the. God or Jacob ling,
and make a joyful noife.

2 Take up a Pialm, thetrimbrel bring,

and with your voices join ;

The pleafant harp and pla'tery,

in confort iweet combine.

3 At the new moon, Jet trumpets blow3

and joyful voices raile,
To celebrate th' appointed time,
the folemn clay of praife.

4 For this to Ifrael of old

a facred precept was,
And by the God of Jacob this
did for a ftatute pals. (|

5 This wltnefs He in Jofeph kty

when from th' Egyptian more
They went, and heard a voice and fpeechj
they never heard before.

6 I from the heavy burthens took,

their moulders clear away ;
And I their fervile hands fet free
from lab'ring in the clay.

7 WheR

|] i. e. either the Monthly New-Moon,te Numh.x 10. &
xxviii. 11 — 15 : See Lamy ; or rather the Firfi Ne<vj
Moon beginning their Civil Tear, Lev. xxiii 23-- 25,
k Numb, xxix. 1— 6, So the Cbaldee, Gochvyn, &c

»5<5 PSALM LXXXI.

7 When thou wail: in great trouble, thou
to Me for aid didft call ;
With pity your diftrefs I faw,
and fet you free from all.
From thunder clouds I anfwer'd thee,
my fecret place on high,
And at the ftreams of Meribah,
I thro'ly did thee try.

f 2 Part. ]
S Hear, O my people, and my mind,
I'll teftify to thee ;
To thee, O Ifr'eJ, if thou wilt,
but hearken now to Me :
9 Then know, that a ftrange God in thee,
I never will allow ;
Never to any other God,
(halt thou prefume to bow.

io I am the LORD thy God who thee
from land of Egypt led \
Open thy mouth, and thou by Me
with plenty (halt be fed.

11 My people yet would not give ear,

to the kind voice I fpake ;
And Ifrael would not in me,
their full contentment take.

12 So to the bents of their own hearts,

I gave them up a prey ;
And in their foolirti counfels then
I let them go * aftray.

13 O that my people Me had heard,

and did my voice obey ;

That Ifr'el had obedient been,

and walked in my way :

14 I fhould within a little time,

have pulled down their foes ;
And mould have turn'd my hand upon,
jfuch as againft them rgfe. 1% The

PSALM LXXXII. 157

15 The haters of the LORD had then

fubmiflion paid, tho' feign'd ; %
But his own people's happy time
mould ever have remain'd.

16 Yea with the fined of the wheat,

have nourim'd them Ihould He ;
With honey from the Rock I mould
have latisfied thee.

PSALM LXXXII. A Pfqlm */Afaph.

1 TN the aff-mbly of the great, j|
•*- our mighty GOD doth liand,
Asjud^e among our earthly Gods,

the Rulers of the land.

2 How Jong [fays He] then will ye dare

wrong judgment to award ?
The wicked perfon to accept,
or partially regard ?

3 Defend the poor and fatherlefs,

opprefs'd by worldly might j
Aid fuch as fuffer injuries,
and fee ye do them right.

4 The weak and poor deliver ye,

and needy of the land ;
And rid them from the tyranny
of ev'ry wicked hand.

5 They know not, nor will underftand,

in darknefs they walk on :

All the foundations of the earth,

out of their courfe are gone.

6 I call'd you GODS for your high place,

fons of the HLgheft all ;

7 But ye (hall die like common men,

like otxher princes fall. 8 Arife

J So the Heb. Sept.CbaIJee,Syr.ancientLatin.Buxtorfyk<z.
jj i. e. Great in Power.

iyg PSALM LXXXIIL

8 Arife, O GOD, and judge the earth,
and bring oppreflbrs down :
For Thou all nations fhalt pofTefs,
and rule them as thine own
PSALM LXXXIIL
A Song cr Pjalmof Afaph.

1 *STO longer hold thy peace, O GOD,
*-^ no longer filent be ;

O God, no longer fit at reft, *
and our deftruclion fee !

2 For lo, thy num'rous enemies

rife up tumultuoufly ;
And thofe who hate Thee boaft themfelves,
and lift their heads on high.

3 Againft thy people they confpire,

and crarty councils join ;
And to deftroy thine hidden ones, f
they lay their clofe defign.

4 Come let us cut them off, laid they,

their nation quite efface,
That no remembrance may remain,
of Ifr'el or his race.

5 Yea they together with one heart,

in council have combin'd ;
And differing people clofe in league,
againft Thy k\f have join'd.

6 'The warlike tents of Edom's race,

and of the Ilhma'lites,
The people of the Hagareens,
and of the Moabites.

7 Gebal and Ammon join'd, and they

with AmaJek conipire ;
With them the Philiftines agree,
and thofe who dwell at Tyre. 8 Yea,

| Hidden under theWing of thy Covenant and Care.

PSALM LXXXIIL iS9

g Yea, mighty Amur is comb-n'd
with them in amity :
And they have been an arm of ftrength
to Lot's poftenty.

9 As once Thoudidft to Midian,
fo Thou wilt do to them ;
Or Jabin's hoft, and Sifera
at Kifhon's ancient firearm
io Who near to Endor fuddenly,
fell down and periuVd ;
And all their carcaffes as dung,
upon the earth were fpread.

11 Like Oreb and like Zeeb, Thou

wilt make their nobles fall :
As Zeba and Zalmunnah fell,
fo fhall their princes all.

12 For thus prefumptuoully they faid,

come on, and let us take
The houfes of their GOD to us,
and our pofTeffion make.

13 But Thou wilt make them, O my God,

as rolling things around ;
Or like the chaff blown all about,
when whirlwinds fweep the ground.

14 As raging fire the forelt burns,

with flames the mountains blaze ;

15 So mall thy rempeft them purfue,

and them thy ftorm amaze.

16 Do Thou, O LORD, their faces fill

with an abafing fhame,
That they may happily be brought

to feek thy blefled name.
ij Or they (hall to con full on come,

and ever troubled be ;
Be put to a perpetual fhame,

and perifh utterly. 18 That

j6o P S A L M LXXXIV.

z8 That all may know that Thou alone,
whom we JEHOVAH call,
Art the moft High in all the earth,
and ruleft over all.

P S A L M LXXXIV.

A Pfalmfor the Sons of Korah.

3 TIJOw amiable, LORD of hofts,
■"■ Thy tabernacles are !
[ Wherein the glories of thy face ,
with wondrous powW appear ! ||

2 My foul, within me longs, yea taints,

JEHOVAH's courts to fee ;
My heart and fledi cry out aloud,
O living God for Thee !

3 The fparrow finds her felf an houfe ;

the fwallow builds her neft,
Where (he may lay and feed her young,

and (he and they may reft ;
Ev'n near thy holy altars, where

they make their fafe abode :
And why not I---0 LORD of hofts,

my King, my only God !

4 But O how blefTcd then are they,

who all their happy days,
Dwell in thy houie, and fee Thee there \
they will Thee ever praife.

5 Yea, O how greatly blefs'd are they

whofe ftrength and ftay Thou art ;
Who to thy houfe do trace the way,
with plealure in their heart !

6 Who

J As thefe two Lines are taken from Pfal.\x\\\.2. where
the Pfolmiji, in the fame Cafe,expre(Tes thefe Motives
of his Thirft ; they are plainly alluded to, and im-
plied here.

PSALM LXXXIV. 161

6 Who puffing Baca's thirfty vale,

they Thee f their rountain make ;
And from the pools fili'd with ihy rain,
with cheerfulnefs they take.

7 So they go on from flren^th to rtrength,

and joyfully draw near,
Till they before the God of Gods, %
in Zion aJi appear,

[ 2 Part. ]

8 O Thou JEHOVAH, GOD of hofts,

my humble pray'r now hear !
Who of thy Jacob art the God,
O give a bending ear !

9 O GOD, who art our only fhield,

look gracioufly on me,
And with thy happy fmiles the face
of thy Messiah f fee.

io For in thy courts one fmgle day,
'tis better to attend,
Than 'tis in any other place

a thoufand days to fpend.
In my God's houfe I rather would,

ev'n at the threfhold % fit, (J
Than dwell in grand pavilhons with
the wicked and the great.

M if Became

•f The Hebrew Particle fignifies both it and Him. Lad.
De Dieu, Ainfuuorth, Geir & Glajjius. tranflace it Him*
(i.e JEHOVAH) arid by aufualFigura the Word may
figaifyTbee. X Heb JEhJELOHiM,i.e.T\\eGodot Gods,
•f So the Heb. Sept.Cbaldee,a,<citntLatw,a.n(\/4ra .ik :
i.e. David ihsTypica/MEss i ah. and Christ the R.al.

J Heb. Pagnine, Mont anus * Mun ft cr, Junius & Tremelius,
Engli/h Margin, Ainfwsrth, Bytbner,Sc Dr. C. Mather.

| Cajtalio, figurine Veriion, PijcatoryTirmust Bytbner.

ioV PSALM LXXXV.

ii Becaufe the LORD GOD is a fun,
He is a lhield alio ;
JEHOVAH on his people grace,

and glory will beftow.
From them who walk in uprightnefs.
no good with- hold will He.
12 O LORD of hofts, the man is blefi
who puts his truft in Thee.

PSALM LXXXV.

A Pf aim for the Sons of Korzh.

1 T ORD, Thou didft fignal favours (how,
^ to thine afflicted land ;

Jacob's captivity Thou didft,
bring back with mighty hand.

2 Yea Thou thy people didft forgive,

their great iniquities ;
And all their aggravated fins

didft cover from thine eyes. (Selah.)

3 Thou all thine anger didft withdraw,

which on them heavy lay ;
And from the fiercenefs of thy wrath,
didft wholly turn away,

4 O God of our falvation, now

return us by thy grace ;
And tow'rds us thy difpleafure fore,
O caufe Thou quite to ceafe.

5 Or (hall thine anger thus endure,

againft us without end ?
And ev'n to generations all,
wilt Thou thy wrath extend ?

6 O wilt Thou not return again,

and us revive, that we
Thy faved people greatly may,
rejoyce again in Thee ?

7o

PSALM LXXXV. xtfj

7 O great JEHOVAH now to us,

thy tender mercy fhow ;
And thy falvation as a gift
of grace, on us beftow. *
[ 2 Part. ]

8 I'll hear what God the LORD will fpeak y

fpeak to his people peace,
And to his faints : but let not them
return to foolimnefs.

9 Sure, his falvation now is nigh,

to them who Him revere ;
That glory may adorn our iand,
and happily dwell here.

10 Mercy and truth have fweet accefs,

and with great pleafure meet ;
And perfect righteoufnefs and peace,

with mutual kifles greet.
IT Truth and uprightnefs on the earth,

out of men's hearts, fha'l fpring ;
And nghteoufnefs from heav'n look, down,

defcend and bleilings bring,

12 Yea ev'ry good thing will the LORD

give to us bounteouil\ :
And then our land (hall her increafe,
yield with a rich fupplv.

13 Before Him ri^hteouinds fhall go,

and all his paths prepare ;
And in the wa) his ifcps will guide,
and place with happv care.

[ Six- Line Long H'etre. ]

1 T ORD, Thou didit favour this thy land;
-"-^ Thv Jacob's fad captivity,

Thou didit return with mighty hand :

2 Yea, Thou forgav'ft th' inquity,

Of this thy flock in former times,
AndThou didft cover all their crimes. (Sefoh.)
M 2 3 Thou

1*4 PSALM LXXXV.

3 Thou all thy wrath didft take away :
From thy hot wrath which flam'd abroad,
Thou turnedft in that happy day.
jl Of our falvation, O Thou God !

Convert us now by the fame grace,
And make thy wrath towards us ceafe.

5 Shall thy wrath on us always lie ?
Wilt Thou thy burning wrath extend,
From generation conftantly

To generation without end ?

6 Wilt Thou not us revive, th3t we
Thy people may rejoyce in Thee ?

7 Lojjc^ let thy mercy now appear ;
And fave us in thy boundlefs grace.

8 What God the LORD will fpeak, I'll hear :
For to his people He'll fpeak peace,

And to his faints : but they muft then
Ne'er turn to foolilhnefs again.

9 His faving work is nigh at hand
Surely to all that Him revere ;
That glory may dwell in our land,

10 Mercy and truth meet fweetly here,

Harmonious peace and righteoufnefs
Embracing, one another kifs.

1 1 Truth fprings out of the earth below,
And down from heav'n looks righteoufnefs ;
The LORD will ev'ry good beftow ;

Our land fhall yield her great increafe.
Juftice fhall go before his face,
And in the way his fteps will place.

PSJL.

jP S A L M LXXXVI. i6s

PSALM LXXXVI.
A Prayer of David.

i s~\ LORD, bow down thine ear,
^^ and hearken to my cry j]
For poor and wholly deftitute
of other help am I.

2 Preferve my foul, for I

devoted am to Thee ;
My God, thy fervant fave, who makes
his truft in Thee his plea,

3 O Lord be merciful

to me, I earneft pray ;
Becaufe I cry to Thee alone,
importunate all day.

4 Rejoyce thy fervant's foul,

for I to Thee, O Lord,
Lift up my troubled foul, in hope
that Thou wilt help afford.

5 For Thou, O Lord, art good ;

to pardon fully free ;
Yea in thy mercy rich art Thou,
to all who call on Thee.

6 JEHOVAH to my cry

0 give a gracious ear ;
And to my fupplications voice

attend, and kindly hear.

7 In days of my diftrefs

1 will to Thee complain ;
Becaufe I furely know that Thou,

wilt anfwer me again.

8 Among the Gods, O Lord9

not one is like to Thee ;
Nor any works that to thy works,
may once compared be.

' M 3 [ % Part

x66 P S A L M LXXXVL

[ 2 Part. ]

9 The nations all, O Lord,

whom thy great pow'r did frame,
Sh; me before and bow to Thee,
and glorifj thy name.

10 For Thou art high and great ;

the th.n^s that Thou haft done,
Are truK marvellous and fhow,
tl at Thou art GCD alone.

11 Teach me thy way of truth,

and I will wa]k the fame ;
And LORD, to Thee unite my hearty
that I may fear thy name.

12 O Lord my God, Thee praife,

with all my heart will I ;
Yea conftantly and evermore,
thy name will glorify.

13 Becaufe thy mercy is

exceeding great to me ;
And from the grave and lower! hell,
Thou haft my foul fet free.

[ 3 P«t- J

14 O GOD, the violent

and proud in troops arife
Againft me, and they feek my foul,
nor have Thee in their eyes.

15 But Lord Thou art a God,

companionate and kind ;
Long-fufFring Thou, and in thy truth,
and mercy unco; fin'd.

1 6 O turn to me thy free,

to me be mercy fhown,
Thy 1 it n th, O, to th) fervant give,
and lave thine handmaid's fon.

17 Shew

T

PSALM LXXXVIL 167

1 j Shew me a fign for good,

and let my haters fee
And be afham'd, becaufe Thou LORD,
doft help and comfort me.

PSALM LXXXVIL

A Pfalm or Song for the Sons of Korah.

lHe LORD his facred houfe doth on
the holy mountains found ;

2 The gates of Zion loves more than,

all Jacob's dwellings round.

3 Exceeding great and glorious things,

are fpoken ail abroad,
Concerning thee, O thou the feat,
the city of our GOD. (Selah.)

4 In thofe who know me I will name

Tyre, Rahab, \ Babylon,
In Ethiopia, Paleftine,

were born fome of renown ;

5 But this of Zion (hall be faid,

there many fuch are born ;
And the molt High himfelf will her,
eftablilh and adorn.

6 Yea when the LORD enrolls their names

who His own people are,
To Zion's honour He will fay,

' This man was born in her. (Selah.)

7 Both thofe who fing and thofe who play

on mufick there (hall be :
Yea all my fprin^s of life and grace
and comfort are in Thee. %

M 4 P S A L.

f i.e. Egypt.ChaM Munfl .Pag.Jun.8cTrem.Moi. Ainf.Muis
% i. e. in Thee Jehovah, as the original Source ; and
—in Thee Zion, as the flowing Ciftenu

16B P S A L M LXXXVIIL

PSALM, LXXXVII.
[ Six -Line Long Metre. J
X U"Is facrcd dweJJing he doth found
*■* Upon the holy mountains there,

2 To all the tents Oi Jacob round

The LORD doth Zion's gates prefer.

3 Moil tilorious things are fpoke abroad
Qt thee, O city of our GOD. (Stlak]

4 I'll Babylon, and Rahab name
Who know me, Ethiopia,
Philiftia, Tyre : were born in them
Some juftly famous in their day.

5 But Zion fam'd for bringing forth
Many renowned for their worth.

The higheft will increafe her fame,
Eitablifh her and more adorn.

6 And as the LORD writes ev'ry name,
He'll note-— There such a one was bor.

7 Muficians, fingers there abound,
And all my fprings in Thee are found.

PSALM LXXXVIIL
A Pfalm or Song for the Sons o/'Korah : MafchiJ
0/Heman the Ezrahite.

1 T ORD God, my faviour, day and night
■*^ before Thee, loudly cry'd have I :

2 O let my pray'r before Thee come,
And bend thine ear now to my cry.

3 Becaufe my foul with trouble fill'd, *
My life approaches to the grave :

4 Counted with them who to the pit,
Are haftning, and no itrength I have.

5 Yea as one free among the dead,
Like to the (lain in graves I lie ;
Whom by thy hand Thou haft cut off,
And haft no more in memory.

6 Thou

PSALM LXXXVIII. i69

6 Thou lay'ft me in the loweft pit,
In darknefs as in deepeft caves ; *

7 Thy wrath lies hard on me, and Thou
AfBicteft me with all thy waves.

8 My friends thou haft put far from me,
And to them made me loathfom grow ;
And I'm in prifon (hut fo faft,

That forth from thence I cannot go.

9 Thro' my affliction great and long,
Mine eye with mourning pines away :
JEHOVAH, loud I call on Thee,
And ftretch my hands to Thee all day.

[ 2 Part. ]

io Shew wonders to the dead wilt Thou ?
Shall the dead rife and Thee confefs ?

1 1 Qr does the grave thy kindnefs mow,
Destruction tell * thy faithfulnefs ?

12 In darknefs are thy wonders known ?
Or are thy acts of righteoufnefs,
Remember'd or acknowleg'd in
The land of deep forgetfulnefs.

13 But LORD to Thee aloud I cry,
In early morning to Thee pray ;

14 Why LORD doft caft my foul from Thee ?
Why from me hide thy face away ?

15 I'm poor, afflicted, and to die,
Am ready from my youthful years :
Didracted and confus'd am I,
While I endure thy horrid fears.

16 Thy fiery wrath goes over me ;
Thy terrors greatly me difmay ;

17 As mighty floods encompafs me,
• And rife ail round me ev'ry day.

18 My

1 7a PSALM LXXXIX.

18 My lovers and my choicefl: friends,
Thou haft from me removed far :
And into darknefs put away,
Thofe who my dear acquaintance were.

PSALM LXXXIX.
Mafchll of Ethan the Ezrabite.

1 npHe mercies of JEHOVAH ling

■* for evermore will 1 :
I'll with my mouth thy truth make known
to all pofterity.

2 For I have faid, Thy mercy fhall

for ever built remain ;
Thou in the heav'ns thy faithfulnefs
wilt ftedfaftly maintain.

3 For with the man whom I did chufe

a covenant I made,
And to my fervant David fware,
to what I promifed ;

4 That I thy feed eftablim. will

for ever to endure,
And will to generations all,
build up thy throne moft fure.

5 And fo the heav'ns thy wonders, LORD,

fhall with thy praifes ring ;
While thine aiTembled faints on earth,
thy faithfulnefs fhall fing.

6 For with JEHOVAH, who is he,

in heav'n we can compare ?
Who like the LORD among the fons

of earthly Gods t is there ? f ^lim.

[ 2 Part. ]

7 God greatly in the church of faints,

is to be had in fear,
And to be reverene'd of all
that round about Him are. 8 O

PSALM LXXXIX. 171

S O LORD of hofts, O mighty * JAH, *
who like Thee can there be ?
Thy faithfulnefs on ev'ry fide,
does round encompafs Thee.

9 Over the raging of the fea,

Thou doft dominion bear :
And when the waves thereof arife,
by Thee they ftilled are.

10 Rahab Thou haft in pieces broke,

and like one (lain fhe lies ;
And with thy mighty arm haft Thou,
difpers'd thine enemies.

ii The heav'ns are thine, the earth is thine,
which Thou alone haft made ;
The world with all it's fulnefs ; Thou
haft it's foundations laid.

12 The north and fouth fides of the world,

Thou didft extend and frame.
Tabor and Hermon, mountains high,
fhall triumph in thy name.

[ 3 P*r*- ]

13 Thou haft an arm of mighty pow'r,

thy hand in ftrength is great,
And that fupreme right hand of thine
aloft on high is fet.

14 Juftice and judgment on thy throne,

have their fure dwelling place :
Mercy and truth join'd hand in hand,
fhall go before thy face.

15 O bleflt-d are the people who

the joyful found do know ;
LORD, in Thy countenance's light,
they up and down (hall go.

16 They

i72 PSALM LXXXIX.

16 They in thy name (hall, all the day,

rejoyce exceedingly ;
And in thy righteoufnefs mall they
be lifted up on high.

17 Becaufe the glory of their ftrength

they yield alone to Thee ;
And in thy favour mall our horn
of pow'r exalted be.

18 Becaufe JEHOVAH is our fhield,

who fafety gives alone ;
And He who is our fov'reign King
is Ifr'el's Holy One.

[ 4 Part. ]

19 In vifion then Thou to thy faints,

didft fpeak, ' I'll help impofe,
' On One's that mighty, whom I rais'd,
c and from the people chofe.

20 ' Among them David I have found,

c a fervant true to Me ;
c And with my holy oyl my King
' anointed him to be.

21 c With whom my hand (hall firmly be,

' mine arm mall make him ftrong : '

22 c On him the foe fhall not exact,

c nor fon of mifchief wrong.

23 c And I'll beat down before his face

all his malicious foes ;
c And will them greatly plague who mall
c in hatred him oppofe.

24 c But Jo, my mercy and my truth

c with him fhall be the fame ;
* His horn of pow'r fhall be on high
* exalted ia my name.

25 His

PSALM LXXXIX. 173

25 * His hand of pow'r fhall reach afar ;

'I'll fet it or> the fea :
c And on the rivers his right hand,
c extended wide fhall be.

26 ' To me, my father, God, and rock

1 of fafety, he fhall cry :

27 c I'll place him my firft born, above

all kings in dignity.

28 ' My mercy I will keep for him,

' to times which ever laft ;
1 Alfo my covenant with him,
< (hall be eftablifh'd faft.

29 c His offspring alfo will I make,

c ev'n to remain always ;
c And I eftabhfh will his throne,
8 as heav'ns eternal days.

30 * But if his Ions forfake my law,

c and from my judgments fwerve ;

31 c If they my ftatutes violate,

* my precepts not obferve ;

32 c Their bold tranfgremons with the rod,

c then vifit fore will I,
c And I with fcourges vifit will

* their crofs iniquity.

33 c My loving kindnefs yet from him

' I'll take not utterly,
* Nor fuffer will in any wife
' my faithfulnefs to lie.

34 c The covenant I made with him

c by me fhall not be broke ;
c And what my lips have once pronoune'd,
c I never will revoke.

35 c Can 1 to David lie, when by

' my holinefs I've fworn.

36 « Before me laft his feed and throne,

4 perpetual as the fun ; 37 And

174 PSALM LXXXIX.

37 * And as the moon by my decree,

< on high eflablifh'd faft,
e In heav'n a faithful witnefs fet,
4 for evermore to la ft. (Selah.)

[ 5 Part. ]

38 But now Thou feem'ft to caft me off,

and to abandon me ;
And with thine own anointed one,
exceeding wroth to be.

39 Thou feem'ft to null thy covenant,

wifh him thy fervant made :
His diadem Thou haft profan'd,
and in the duft haft laid.

40 His hedges all haft broken down,

his fortrefles laid wafte ;

41 He's fpoil'd by every pafTenger,

by neighbours round difgrac'd.

42 His foes right hand Thou haft advanc'd,

and made them all be glad j

43 Turn'd his fword's edge, and him to ftand,

in battle haft not made.

44 His glory Thou haft made to ceafe,

his throne caft to the ground ;

45 His youthful days made fhort to be,

with fhame doft him confound.

[ 6 Part. ]

46 How long LORD wilt Thou hide thy felf ?

(hall it for ever be ?
How long like as a burning fire
(hall we thine anger fee ?

47 O call to mind how fhort a time,

I fhall on earth remain.
Wherefore haft Thou employ'd thy pow'r,
to make all men in vain ?

48 What

PSALM XC. i75f

48 What man is he that lives on earth,

who death (hall never fee ?
Or from the graves prevailing pow'r,
what man his foul can tree ?

49 Thy former loving kindnefTes,

Lord, where do they appear,
Which in thy truth and faithfulnefs,
to David Thou didft fware ? f

50 Remember Lord, with what reproach,

thy fervants treated are ;
How all the mighty * people's feoffs,
I in my bofom bear.

51 The lcofrs wherewith thy foes, O LORD?

reproach have laid upon
The fteps of thy Messiah J dear,
thine own anointed one.

52 But blefs'd for ever be the LORD,

who doth for ever reign ;
And let the world with one accord
refound, Amen, Amen.

PSALM XC.
A Prayer c/Mofes, the Man of GOD.

1 T Ord, Thou haft been our dwelling place,
-*-' our refuge and defence,

In all the generations pall,
and ftill our confidence.

2 Before the mountains Thou didft form,

or earth, and world abroad,
Thou ev'n from everlafting art
to everlafting, God.

3 Thou to deftruction doft reduce

frail, miferable men ;
And to all Adam's * fons Thou fay'ft,

return ye back again. 4 For

•f So the Heh. Sept. Syr lack, ancient Latin, & Arabick.
% So the Hebrew, and all the ancient Verftom*

i7 6 P S A L M XC.

4 For ev'n a thoufand years appear

no more before thy fight,
Than yefterday that now is pad,
or than a watch by night.

5 Thou doft them bear away as with

a flood that overflows :
Like fheep \k%f are^^nd as the grafs,
which in the morning grows ;

6 Which in the morning flourifhes,

but foon its beauty flies ;
When evening comes 'tis all cut down,
and withers up and dies.

7 For by thy fiery anger we

confumed are away ;
And troubled by thy burning wrath,
we haftily decay.
% Thou doft our open trefpafles,
before thy prefence place ;
And ev'n our fecret fins before
the brightnefs of thy face.

9 For in thine anger all our days

away are quickly roli'd ;
And all our years we wafte away,
like a fhort tale foon told.

10 For threefcore years and ten the days

of our fhort life may be :
Or if by reafon of more ftrength,
we fourfcore years may fee ;

Yet is this lengthning out * but^tf,

. toily grief and vanity ; |j
And then 'tis fpeedily cut off,
and fwift away we fly.

ir O

$ The Hebrew Word feems to comprehend all thefe
Ideas.

PSALM XCI. i77

1 1 O who is he that fully knows

what power thine answer hath ?
Or who can fully comprehend
the terror of thy wrath ? f

12 O teach Thou us effectually,

to number fo our days,
As that our hearts we may apply
to walk in wifdom's ways.

13 JEHOVAH, turn thy felf again :

how long yet (hall it be ?
E're thou repent J and comfort J them
who fervants are to Thee ?

14 O fatisfy us early with

thy free benignity 3
That fo thro' all our days we may
joy and make melody.

15 According to the days wherein,

affliction we have had ;
And years of evil we have feen,
now do thou make us glad.

16 O to thy fervants, let thy work,

thy glorious work appear :
And (how thy glory forth to thofe
who their dear children are.

17 The kindnefs || of the LORD our God,

let on us ever Ihine ;
Confirm our handy work for us,
eftabliih it by thine.

PSALM XCI.
X ILJE that does in the fecret place
*•*- of the moft High refide,
He under the Almighty's fhade,

fecurely mall abide. N 2 Of

+ So the Sjriack. % Both are implied in the Hehr.

{j So theSyriack ; 8c all the Heb. Lexicons, with theCbaldee

k ancient£/tf/», render i$<~tbsfav(etnefiQxPleafantnefs.

i78 PSALM XCL

2 Of this JEHOVAH, I will fay,

He is my refuge high,
My ftrong munition and my God,
on Him I will rely.

3 Becaufe * He from the fowler's fnare,

will fafely keep thee free ;
And from the mortal peftilence,
will He deliver thee.

4 He with his feathers will thee hide j

his wings thy truft fhall be ;
His truth fhall be a certain fhield
and buckler fafe to thee.

5 Thou fhalt not be with fear difmay'd,

for terrors in the night ;
Nor for the arrow that by day,
moots with the fwifteft flight.

6 Nor for th' infection of the plague,

that does in darknefs ftray :
Nor for the ilaughter (| raging on,
and wafting at noon-day.

7 Tho' at thy fide a thoufand fall,

and at thy right hand lie
Ten thoufand dead ; yet none of thera
to touch thee fhall come nigh.

8 Only, this awful thing thine eyes

fhall with attention fee,
How they who now live wickedly,
fhall then rewarded be.

[ 2 Pan. ]

9 Becaufe thou haft JEHOVAH made

thy dwelling place to be ;
Ev'n the moft High, who always was

a refuge fafe to me ; io Thcre-

y So Montanus, Gejery Grotius, and the Lexicons : ». C
Slaughtering Armies.

PSALM XCIL 17$

io Therefore no final injury
(hall ever thee befall,
Nor any kind of penal plague
come near thy dwelling (hall.

ii For He'll his angels ftriclly charge,
thee ever to attend,
That fafely thee in all thy ways
they ever fhould defend.

12 They with their hands (hall bear thee up>

leaft, if thou be alone,
At unawares thou dafh thy foot,
againft a hurtful ftone.

13 The lion and the adder fierce

thou (halt fecurely tread ;
Young lions tread beneath thy feet,
and crufh the dragon's head.

14 c Becaufe he fets his love on Me,

I deliver him will I :

c Becaufe he knows and owns my name,

I I wilt exalt him high.

15 c He fhall moft freely call on Me,

1 and I wiH anfwer him :
c I will with him in trouble be ;
c him honour and redeem.

16 < As beft (hall be, with length of days,

6 I will him fatisfy :
c And my falvation I will make
4 him fee with joyful eye.

PSALM XCIL

A Pfalm or Song for the Sabbath Day.

1 >"pO Thee, JEHOVAH, thanks to give,
•■* it is a comely thing ;
And to thy Name, O Thou moft High*
loud hymns of praife to fing.

N 2 2 Thy

i8o PSALM XCIL

2 Thy loving kindnefs forth to (how

in early morning light,
And to declare thy faithfulnefs
with pleafure every night.

3 Upon the ten ftring'd inftrument,

and pleafant pfaltery ;
Upon the harp with folemn found, %
and high rais'd melody. %

4 For Thou JEHOVAH thro' thy work.

haft made me to rejoyce ;

And in thy handy work will I

triumph with joyful voice.

5 How wondrous are thy works, O LORD !

how deep are thy decrees I

6 The ftupid underftand not this,

nor foolifh finner fees ;

7 When finners fpring as grafs, and thofe

who work iniquity
Do flourish ; 'tis that they may be
deftroy'd eternally.

8 But Thou, O LORD, as fov'reign Judge,

for ever fhalt remain ;
And Thou, mod high, ev'n over all
for evermore fhalt reign.

9 For lo thy many foes, O LORD,

Thy foes (hall quite decay ;
And all who work iniquity
fhall be difpers'd away.

10 My horn of pow'r, as unicorns,

Thou wilt exalt on high ;
And with frefh oyl, from time to. time,
anointed be (hall I. 1 1 The

J Heir. Uigaion : which is tho't by fome to fignify not
only foletnn Meditation^ but a!fo a. folemn Sound agrea-
ble thereto : the GW^renders it <witb Exultation :.
and I ufc both the Senfes, agreable to what fucceed*.

PSALM XCIII. 1S1

1 1 The downfall of my fpiteful foes,

mine eyes fhall fee : mine ear
Of ill men who againft me rife,
the fall mail alfo hear.

[ 3 Part. ]

12 But like the palm-tree flourifhing,

(hall be the righteous one ;
He fhall be like the cedar tree,

that grows on Lebanon.
\l They that within JEHOVAH's houfe

happily planted are,
Within the court-yards of our God

mall greatly flourifh there.

Their fruit they mail when they are grey,

continue forth to bring ;
They (hall in fatnefs grow, and they

(hall (till be flourifhing.
t5 To (how JEHOVAH upright is ;

He is a rock to me ;
And that He from unrighteoufnefs

is altogether free.

PSALM XCIII.

JEHOVAH reigns : and cloathed is
with lofty majefty :
JEHOVAH cloaths and girds Himfelf
with mighty pow'r on high :
. The world is fo eftablifhed,
none move it can but He :
Thy throne is fix'd of old ; and Thou
art from eternity.

" The floods, O LORD, have lifted up,
the floods lift up their voice,
The floods have lifted up their waves,
and make a dafhing noife.

N 3 4 The

i8z PSALM XCIV.

4 The LORD on high is mightier far

than many waters noife :
Yea mightier than the raging feas,
when all their billows rife.

5 Thy teftimonies, LORD, are fure :

and holinefs always,
Becomes thy houfe, and all who ther*
afTemble for thy praife.

PSALM XCIV.

i IT ORD God, to whom alone pertains
■" the recompence of wrongs,
O mighty God, fhine clearly forth,
to whom revenge belongs.

2 Thou judge of all the earth wilt rife,

the proud their wages pay.

3 How long, O LORD, lhall wicked men,

how long triumph (hall they ?

4 How long fhall they break out and fay,

things very hard to bear ?
How long fhall all thofe boaft themfelves,
who wicked workers are ?

5 LORD, they thy people grind to duft,

thine heritage opprefs ;

6 The widow and the Granger flay,

and kill the fatherlefs.

7 And yet they infolently fay ;

J AH, * this (hall never fee,
Nor by the God of Jacob (hall,
theie things regarded be.
S But O ye ftupid people, will
ye never learn to know ?
Ye foo'iih in your hearts and ways,
wife will ye never grow ?

q He

p S A L M XCV. 183

9 He planted ev'ry hearing ear ;

and hear then fliall not He ?
Who formed ev'ry feeing eye,
fliall He not clearly fee ?

10 He who the nations doth chaftize,

fliall he not chaften you ?
He teaches knowledge to all men :
and (hall not He them know ?

11 JEHOVAH always clearly fees,

what thoughts men entertain ;
He judges and He tries them all,
and knows they all are vain.

[ 2 Part. ]

12 O J AH, * how blefs'd is he whom Thots.

doft fatherly chaftife ;
And out of thy moil perfect law,
Thou teacher! to be wife ?

13 That Thou may'ft give him quietnefs,

till evil times are paft ;
Until the pit be digg'd wherein,
the wicked fliall be cafl.

14 For fure the LORD will not call off

His people utterly -,
Nor his inheritance forfake
to perpetuity.

15 But judgment fliall to righteoufnefs,

clearly return and reign ;
And all who are of upright heart,
fliall follow in her train.

j6 Againft the evil doers, who
will up for me arife ?
Who ftand for me againft all thofe
that work iniquities ?

N 4 [3 Paru

184 P S A L M XCV.

[ 3 Part. ]

17 Unlefs the LORD had been my help,
none other could me fave ;
My foul had quickly dwelt within
the filence of the grave.
j8 And when I faid, my moving foot
is ready juft to flide ;
Thy mercies LORD, then heldame up,
and made me firm abide.

19 Amidft the multitude of thoughts,

tumultuous in my mind ;
Still from thy confolations fweet,
my foul delight doth find.

20 What (hall the throne of wickecnefs,

have fellowfhip with Thee ;
Which frameth mifchief by a law,
and acls it by decree ?

21 They run in crouds againft the fouls

of men both juft and good ;
And they condemn to punifhment,
thofe of moft harmlefs blood.

22 But yet the LORD has always been

a refuge high * to me ;
And of my confidence the * rock
my God fhall always be.

23 The LORD our God their mifchief will

on their own heads repay ;
In their own malice cut them down,
yea will them furely flay.

PSALM XCV.

j f\ Come, and let us to the LORD,
*^ lift up a joyful voice ;
And to our rock of fafety fhour,
and make triumphant noife.

2 Before,

PSALM XCV. IS*

2 Before Him let us early * come

with thankfulnefs and praife ;
And with the joyful noife of hymns
aloud our voices raife. f

3 Becaufe this God JEHOVAH is,

exceeding great and high ;
And a great King above all Gods,
in power and majefty.

4 All the deep caverns in the earth,

are in his mighty hand ;
The mountains high in all their ftrengtk
are his, and by Him ftand.

5 To Him the fpacious fea belongs,

becaufe He made the fame ;
And all the land abroad is his,
for it his hand did frame.

[ 2 Part. ]

6 O come, and let us all adore,

bow down, and on Him call ;
Come, let us kneel before the LORD,
the maker of us all.

7 Becaufe He is our, God, and we

his pafture's people are ;
And of his hand the fheep, if ye
to day his voice will hear ;

8 < O let not, as at Meribah,

' hardnefs your hearts poflefs,
c As in the day of MaiTah they
'did in the wildernefs.

9 'Where your .prefumptuous anceftors,

c too boldly tempted Me ;
* Where they me prov'd,and where my works

' their wondring eyes did fee.

io Forty
f luhllemus — as in Mont anus.

1 86 PSALM XCVL

10 * Forty years Jong I grieved was

* with that rebellious race ;
* And faid, this people err in heart,
' and will not know my ways.

11 « So that to them I fware in wrath,

« then kindling in my bread ;
* That they mould never enter in
1 my happy place of reft.
PSALM XGVI.
I r\ Sing ye loudly to the LORD
^■^ new fongs of facred mirth ;
O fing ye praifes to the LORD,
all people through the earth,
a O cheerfully fing to the LORD,
and blefs his facred name ;
And his falvation ev'ry day
to all the world proclaim.

3 His glory in Himfelf and works,

among the nations (how ;
His works that are moft marvellous
let all the people know.

4 For great, JEHOVAH is indeed,

and greatly prais'd to be ;
Above all Gods to be ador'd,
and to be fear'd is He.

5 For of the heathen ail the Gods t t-^LOHi.

vain and bafe idols are ;
But by the LORD, whom we adore,
the heav'ns created were.

6 Glory and comely majefty

appear before his face,
Excelling pow'r with beauty join'd
within his holy place.

7 O to the LORD ye people yield,

and all of ev'ry tribe ;
All glory to JEHOVAH yield,
and mighty pow'r afcribe. 8 The

PSALM XCVIL 187

S The glory to JEHOVAH give,
that to his name is due ;
Come ye into his courts, and bring
an offering with you.

9 Worfhip the LORD in his abode,
his beauteous, holy place ;
And let the univerfal earth
tremble before his face.

10 Thro' nations fay, JEHOVAH reigns,

the world conrirm'd fhall be ;
It fhall not move, but righteouily
the people judge will He.

11 O let the heav'ns at this be glad,

and let the earth rejoyce ;
The fea and fulnefs of the fame
with roaring make a noife.

12 O let the fields and all therein

with joyful triumph fing ;
Then all the trees throughout the woods
with fhouts of joy fhall ring.

13 Before the LORD ; for lo He comes,

He comes the earth to try ;
He'll judge his people with his truth,
the world with equity.

P S A L M XCVIL

[The glorious Reign of Christ on Earth, both at
and after the Conflagration,//*^, i. 6. Mai. iv.]

1 TEHOVAH reigns ! O let the earth
J exult with joyful voice :

And all the multitude of ifles,
exceedingly rejoyce.

2 Thick clouds and darknefe round Him fpread ;

and yet the world muft own,
That righteoufnefs and judgment (it
for ever on his throne.

3 Firc

1 88 PSALM XCVIL

3 Fire goes before Him ; and it burns

His foes up ev'ry where :

4 His light'nings lighten thro' the world j

Earth fees and fhakes for fear.

5 Before JEHOVAH's face, behold

the mountains melting down ;
Like wax before the Lord, who all
the earth doth rule and own.

6 The heav'ns on high his i iglneoufnefs

to all abroad declare ;
And to all people through the earth
his glory doth appear.

7 All who ferve graven images,

mall now confounded be ;
And all who of their idols boaft :
all Gods f HIM worihip ye !

S Mount Zion hears and fees with joy ;
all Judah's daughters are
Exceeding glad ; becaufe O LORD,
thy judgments now appear.

9 For over all the earth abroad,

JEHOVAH, Thou art high ;
Supream above all other Gods
exalted wondroufly.

10 All ye who truly love the LORD,

all evil hate : for He,
The fouls of all his faints will keep,
and from the wicked free.

11 For fuch as righteous are, is fown

a feed of mining light,

And of immortal joy for thofe

who are in heart upright.

12 Rejoyce
•J- The Hebrew is ^Eloh im : And the Sept. ancient La-
tiny Syriaci, and Arabick, tranfl-ate it Angels ; and (o
does the Apcjile, and applies the following Word *-*
Him, to ths Son of God, Hcb, i. 6.

PSALM XCVII. 185

12 Rejoyce ye righteous in the LORD,
your joy in Him exprefs ;
And give Him thanks in mem'ry of
his glorious holinefs.

[ Hallelujah- Metre. ]

1 JEHOVAH reigns ! the earth
j O let hereat rejoyce,

The num'rous illes with mirth
Lift up on high their voice.

2 About Him round
Dark, clouds there went ;
Right and judgment
His throne do found.

3 Fire goes before his fight,
Burns up his foes about :

4 The world is fill'd with light.
By light'nings He fends out.

The earth doth fear,
And greatly (hake ;

5 The mountains quake,
And melting are,

As wax before the LORD,
Before the Lord^ who is
O'er all the earth ador'd.

6 That righteoufnefs of his

The heav'ns high fhew ;
That all may know,
On earth below
His glory view.

7 Who graven images
Adore, on them abide
Shall utter fhamefulnefs,
Who in their idols pride :

But worfhip Him ;

Down to Him bow,

Ev'n all of you,

Whom Gods they name, 8 Zioa

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8 Zion heard and was glad,
Glad Judah's daughters were ;
This caufe O LORD, they had,
Thy judgments did appear.

9 For LORD Thou high
All earth art o'er,

All Gods before
In dignity.

io All ye who love the LORD,
All evil hate do ye :
To his faints fouls afford
Protection fafe does He ;

Yea He'll command,

And timely fee

They (hall be free

From wicked hand*

1 1 For thofe who righteous are*
Is fown a mining light,
And gladnefs for their (hare,
Who are in heart upright.

12 Joy in the LORD ;
With thankfulnefs
His holinefs

Ye juft, record.

PSALM XCVIIL A Pfalm.

i C\ Sing a new fong to the LORD ;
^ for wonders he hath done,
His right hand and his holy arm,
the victory have won.
2 His great falvation to the world,
JEHOVAH hath made known;
And to the nations all abroad,
his righteoufnefs hath fhown.

His

PSALM XCIX. i?i

3 His mercy to his Ifra'ls houfe

and truth, remembers He ;
And now the ends of all the earth
Our God's falvation fee.

4 O, to JEHOVAH all the earth,

make ye a joyful noife ;
With raifed voices fhout aloud,
fing praifes and rejoyce.

5 With tuneful harps, and hymns of praife*

now to JEHOVAH fing.

6 With trumpets and loud cornets fhout,

before the LORD the King.

7 Let the fea rife, and roar for joy,

and all that is therein ;
The world and all who therein dwell,
let them be joyful feen.

8 Let the floods clap their lifted hands,

their waves to praife employ ;
And let the mountains fpring aloft,
as leaping all for joy ;

9 Before the LORD : for lo he comes

the earth, as judge to try ;
With juftice He'll the people judge,
the world with equity.

PSALM XCIX.
i TEHOVAH reigns as King fupreme ;
J let all the nations quake :
He [fits enthron'd on cherubims,
let all the earth then make.

2 JEHOVAH great in Zion is,

above all people high.

3 Thy great and dreadful name let them

praife for its fanctity.

4 This mighty King does judgment love,

and equity ordain :
Both judgment Thou and righteoufnefs
in Jacob doft maintain. 5 D»

192 P S A L M C.

5 Do yc the LORD our God exalt ;

and bowing worfhip ye
Before the footftool of his throne :
the Holy One is He.

6 When Mofes, Aaron, with his priefts,

and Samuel with all
Who fought his name, cry'd to the LORD,
He kindly heard their call !

7 He from the cloudy pillar fpake,

and fhew'd to them his will :
The laws and ftatutes He them gave
they labour'd to fulfil.

8 Thou didft them hear O LORD our God i

a fparing * God Thou waft ;
Tho' for their bold inventions Thou
didft vengeance take at laft.

9 Exalt the LORD our God ; and in

his holy mount adore,
Becaufe the LORD, who is our God,

is holy evermore.

PSALM C. A.Pfalm of Praife.
I CHout to JEHOVAH all the earth :
^ 2 With joyfulnefs the LORD ferve ye :
Before his prefence come with mirth,
And with exulting * melody.
3 Know ye, the LORD is GOD alone j
Without our aid He did us make ;
We are the people He does own,
And for his paiture-fheep does take.

I O enter then his gates with praife ;
And in his courts aloud proclaim,
Your thankfulnefs to Him always,
And ever blefs his holy name.

5 Becaufe the LORD is ever good $
His mercy is for ever fure ;
His truth has through all ages flood,
And will eternally endure. [ Common

PSALM CL 193

[ Common Metre. ]
I /"V To the LORD a joyful noife,
^^ now make ye, all the earth ;
% With joytulnefs JEHOVAH ferve ;
before Him come with mirth.

3 Know that the LORD is GOD ; and He

made us without our aid :
His people, and the fheep are we
in his rich pafture fedD

4 O enter then his gates with praife ;

and in his courts proclaim
Your thankfulnefs to Him always,
and ever blefs his name.

5 Becaufe the LORD is ever good,

His mercy ever fure ;
His truth has thro' all ages flood
and ever will endure.

PSALM CI. A Pfalmof David.

1 r\F mercy and of judgment I
^^ will tune mv voice to fing :
To Thee JEHOVAH both are due,

to Thee the praife I'll bring.

2 I ihall the perfect way difcern, f

when Thou wilt come to me >
And I'll in uprightnefs of heart
walk in my houfe with Thee.

3 No wicked thing before mine eyes

will I endure to have :
I hate their work who turn afide ;
to me it ihall not cleave.

4 The ftubbom and the froward heart

away from me mall go :
I'll make no friendfhip with the bad,
nor intimately know.

O 5 I'll

f Htb. UnderlUnd in the perfeft way,

194 PSALM CIL

5 I'll cut him off whole lies defame, g

hjs ne:gr.bour fecrctly :
I wili no hear the proud of heart,
nor him whofe loiks aiehigh.

6 I'll eye the tai'hful of the land,

that they miy dwell with me :
And who wuik in an upright way,
(hall my a tendants t be.

7 But he who ads deceitfully,

in my houle ihall not dwell ;
Nor ihall he fta) before my eyes,
wno lies allows to tell.

8 Yea all the wicked of the land,

early fuppn-fs will I ;
From the LORD's city cut off all
who will do wickediy

PSALM CII.
A Praysr of the affiled, when he is overwhelmed^
and four eth out his Complaint before the Lord.
I /~\ LORD, now hear my mournful pray'r,

^ And let my cry come up to Thee !
a In this the day of my diftrefs,
Hide not thy face away from me :
Thine ear to me, O do Thou bend,
In this my time of prefling need,
Wherein I cry aloud to Thee :
O hear and anfwer me with fpeed !

3 For as the fmoke my days confume,
My bones burnt like an hearth decay 5

4 My heart with forrow fmitten is
And with'red like the grafs away.
So fwallow'd up with grief am I,
That I my bread forget to tafte.

5 Bv reafon of my groaning voice

My bones ev'n to my fkin cleave faft. 6

[J Heb —who Jlaniers : which is to defame by Lyin<*.
f See Poofs tynopjit & Bjthner%

PSALM CII. in

6 I'm like a mourning peiicin,
In the fad wildernefs a'one ;
Or bittern f in a depart place,
Wno nightly makes a difmal moan.

7 I keep awake all night and am
h'kc to a fparrow all alme,
Tiiaton the h^ufe-top watching fits,
And for her company hath none.

8 A'i day my foe; reproaches me,

And mad with rage, agsinft me f.vears ;

9 That for my bread I allies eat,

And mix mv drink with tre:«ming tears,
io Thine anger is the cauie ot a'i,

Thy wrath which on me dreadful frown'd ;
For Thou did it raife me up aloft,
And now halt caft me to the ground.

[ 2 Part. ]

11 Like fhadows are my days declin'd ;
And Ike the wi her d i;rafs I fail :

12 But LORD, Thou ever doft abide,
Thy memorv 'o ages a'i.

13 Tnou w It arife ; to Zion dear
Wilt now thy tend r mercy lhow ;
For now tis time to favour her.
Yea the appointed time as Now.

14 For in the very (tones thereof
Thy fervants take a great delight,
And even her defpifed dii I
Is ever precious in their light.

[5 So all the heathen nations round,
Shall tear JEBOVAJTs holy name ;
And all the Kings oa earth (hill fee
Thy glory, and revere the fame.

O 2 » 16 For

Bocbart in PoL Synopjis asd Dt. Cotton Mather* '

196 P S A L M CIL

1 6 For when the LORD ihall Zion build,
He in his glory will appear ;

17 The poor's petition He'll regard,
And He wiM not deipife their pray'r.

18 This (hall in writ enrolled be,
For every fucceeding race ;
That fo the people to be form'd
Th' eternal JAH * may ever praife.

19 From heav'n his height of holinefs,
The LORD looks down on earth to fee,

20 To hear the prifoners difmal groans,
And the bound fons of death to free 5

ar JEHOVAH's name in Zion-hill,
His praife in Salem to declare ;

22 When people meet to lerve the LORD,
And kingdoms to adore Him there.

[ 3 P*r*- ]

23 Weak in the way my ftrength He made,
And of my life cut ftiort the day.

24 In midlt of my few days, I cry'd,
My God, O take me not aWay.
Thy years thro'out all ages ftay :

25 Thou haft the earth's foundations laid
In elder time : and heav'ns above

Are works that thine own hands have made,

26 They peri(h (hall : but Thou (halt laft,
And they (hall old like garments wear :
Thou as a velture (halt them change,
And they (hall changed quite appear.

27 But Thou the fame abided ftill,
And of thy years no end (hall be : ||

28 Thy fervants race continue (hall,
Their feed c-ft ablihYd be with Thee.

P S J L.

j| Thefe 3, Verfes.vJz. 25, 26, 27, are exprcfly applied
to the Son of God, in Htb. i. io,M,i2.

PSALM CIIL 197

P S A L M CIIL A Pfalm of David.

1 Q Thou my foul, JEHOVAH blefs,
^^ his praife aloud proclaim,

Let all my pow'rs m me confpire,
to bid's his holv name.

2 Still O my foul, JEHOVAH blefs,

and ne'r do thou forget
His benefits fo undefei v'd,
fo num'rous and fo great.

3 He who moft gracioufly forgives

all thine iniquities ;
He all thy fickneifes removes,
and thine infirmities.

4 Who from the pit * thy life redeems,

when ready to go down ;
Does thee with loving-kindnefTes,
and tender mercies crown.

5 Who with good things abundantly

doth fatisfy thy mouth ;
That like reviving eagles, fo
renewed is thy youth.

[ 2 Part. ]

6 Judgment andjuftice (till the LORD,

for all th' opprefs'd will do :

7 His ways to Moles, and his acls

to Ifra'ls race did (hew.

8 Moft merciful JEHOVAH is,

moft gracious to be found ;
To anger He is very flow,
in mercy does abound.

9 Tho' He contend with us a while,

He will not always chide ;
Nor keep his anger in his bread
for ever to abide.

O 3 10 He

i93 P S A L M CIIL

10 He hath not dealt with us in wrath

according to our fin ;
Nor has He recompenced us
as our deiervs have been.

11 But as the heav'n above tiie earth

in ht ight furp ifles fai ;
H.s mere) fo tranfeerids to all
who Him fupreamly tear.

12 As far as eait is trom the well:

in their oi't diftances,
So a. Iiatl He remov'd away
from us our ticpaiTes.

[ 3 Part. ]

13 The pity of a a'her's heart

\A- ch h his for.s doth bear,
Tie LORD fuch pit) has t« r all

\ ho H m, a; ch. Hirer, tear :

14 Etcauit He ki ows Ins frame of ours,

He minds that dun are v.t :

15 Man's da)s like gtals ; like a field flow'r,

io flcunlhing is he ;

16 Rut as the wind fwift o'er it moves,

fc quick away it goe- ;
And thence the p'ace where it appear'd

no mere it ever knows,
j 7 Put \et on * them who fear the LORD,

His mere) e\er is ;
And on their children's children, fo

difrend^ his righteoufnefs.

i8 On fuch as keen his covenant
with ftrict integrity,
And his commandments bear in mind,
- to do them faithfully.

[4 Pari

PSALM CIV. i99

[ 4 Part. ]

19 The LORD hath in the heav'ns on high

dlablilhcd his throne :
And as the world his kingdom is.
He reigns o'er all, alone.

20 O ye his angels that excel

in ftrength, blefs ye the LORD ;
Who his commandments always do^
and hearken to his word.

21 O all ye armies of the LORD,

to blefs JEHOVAH join ;
His minifters, who to perform
his will, with joy combine.

22 O praife the LORD, aJ! ye his works,

with which the wond is full,
In his dominion everv where :
the LORD blefs, O my foul !

PSALM CIV.

1 r\ Thou my foul, JEHOVAH blefs ;
^^ for Thou art great and high,

O LORD my God, with honour cloath'd,
and comely majefty.

2 With (Tuning robes of pureft light

Thou ^ ott thy felf array ;
And like a curtain to thy throne
Thou dolt the heav'ns difplay.

3 His chamber-beams on waters lays, .

and clouds his chariot ma-a,
And on the wings of mighty winds
his fteps let: n iy takes.

4 His angels act.ve ipirits njakes,

who g ad beroic Him ftand;
His minifters as lightning fly
to compals his command,

5 The

200 PSALM CIV.

5 The deep luunuat ons of the earth

(o firmly did he lay,
That never trom their fixed place
{hall they be mov'd away.

6 A$ with a robe Thou o'er the earth

didft fpread the fpacious flood :
Above the mountains higheft heads,
the mighty waters flood.

7 But then at thy rebuke they fled,

they dare no longer flay,
And at thy thunders dreadful voice
they hafted quick away.

8 As down they rufh, the mountains rife, *

the vallies fink below ; *
And to the deeps Thou mad'ft for them
tumultuoufly they flow.

9 There haft Thou fet their certain bound,

which they may not pafs o'er ;
That they to bverwhelm the earth
may turn again no more.
[ 2 Part. ]
I© He fends the fprings and ftreaming rills
along the vales to glide j
Which running all among the hills,
refrefh on every fide.
XI Thence drink to the field-beafis he gives,
their thirft wild alTes flake :

12 And on their bord'ring boughs the birds

their fweeteft mufick make.

13 From his high chambers plenteous Acres

He waters all the hills ;
And with the fruit of thofe his works
the earth He rich!, fills.

14 For beafts He makes the grafs to grow,

and herbs for human ufe ;
He makes the earth frr eVry one

th cir various fob^ produce. 15 To

PSALM CIV. 201

15 To glad man's heart He makes the earth
to bring rorth grapes for wme ;
Heart-ltrengthnm^ bread, and fuppling oyl
to make his face to Ihine.
j6 JEHOVAH's great and lofty trees,
with lap thence fined are ;
The cedars of mount Lebanon,?
which He hath planted there.

1 7 Upon their branches cheerful birds

quite fearleis build thejr neft ;
And lodg'd aloft on (lately firs
the ftorks iecurely reft.

18 The towering mountains for wild goat9

places of reru<e are ;
The clefts of rocks ior feebler tribes,
who make their dwelling there.

19 The changing moon He conftitutes

the feafons forth to (how ;
The fun his time of going down
exactly makes to know.

20 Thou doft the earth with darknefs fpread,

and night fucceeds the day ;
When wild beads creeping from the wood«,
are bold thro' fields to itray.

21 Young lions then range here and there,

and hunt for prey abroad :
But when they find no prey, they roar,
and call for meat to God.

22 But when the fun begins to rife

and makes the (hades to fly,
They all retire to hide themfelves
and clofe in dens they lie.

23 Then man goes forth with chearfulnefs

his labours to begin ;
And piies his work throughout the day,

till evening calls him in, [3 Part,

soi PSALM CIV.

[ 3 Part. ]
24 How various are thy v.oiks, O Lord !
and With what wifdrm made !
Thy ricl es ri)1 the earth wi Inn,
and ev'n al] over fpread.
15 So is this great and fpacious fea,

whe^e fwarms of creatures creep ;

And fhc . tmalj an great,

which traverle through the deep.

26 There tail the ibips aniidft the waves,

[thy winds give them their wa\.]
And there's the great Leviathan,
Thou mad'f'. therein to play.

27 Al' thefe on Thee fubmiffive wait,

and on thy care depend,
That Thou their vigour to renew,
may'fl food in fea. on fend.

28 That which Thou kindly giv'ft to them

thej^gather for their food ;
Thy hb'rai hand Thou op'neft wide,
and thev are fill'd with good.

29 Bui when from them Thou hid'ft thy face,

they troubled are and mourn ;
Thou tak'tt away their breath, they die,
and to their duft return.

30 Thou fend'ft thy fpirit forth, and we

a new creation view ;
And with frefh animals the earth
doft conftantly renew.

[ l Part. ]

31 The glory of JEHOVAH mall

laft to eternity :
JEHOVAH (hall in all his works
.. rcjoyce exceedingly.

32 If

P S A L M CV. 233

32 If on the earth He turns his eye,

it trembles at his look :
If He the mountains does but touch,
they rife into a fmoke.

33 I'll to the LORD fing chearfully

throughout my lite always ;
Yea while I have my being, I
will to my God fing praife.

34 With m-ditarions upon Him

I (halt be fweetly fed ;

And ever in JEHOVAH I

(hall be exceeding glad.

35 Sinners from earth (hall be confum'd,

no more the wicked be :
O thou my foul JEHOVAH blefs :
fing Hallelujah, * ye.

PSALM CV.

1 Q To JEHOVAH give ye thanks,

^^ and call upon his name ;
Among the peopc fh»w his deeds
and fpread abroad h^s fame.

2 To Him with raiftd voices fing,

fing piVims to Him with joy :
In telling ail his wondrous works
your grateful tonguts ethpldy.

3 To glory in his holv name

with due refpect accord :
And let the hearts of all rejovce
who humbly feek the LORD.

4 Seek ye the LORD mod earnestly,

his faving pow'r implore :
O feek the minings of his face,
and feek them evermore !

< Recall

204 P S A L M CV.

5 Recall to mind what He hath wrought,
each admirable deed,
His wonders, and the judgments which
did from his mouth proceed.

[ 2 Part. 1

6 O ye the feed of Abraham,

his fervant and his friend,
And ye the chofen race who from
his Jacob dear defcend.

7 JEHOVAH the Almighty is

by covenant our God :
And his moft righteous judgments arc
in all the earth abroad.

8 His covenant He ever minds,

the word He did command,
Even to a thoufand ages down
unfhaken (till to Hand.

9 The covenant which firft He made

with faithful Abraham ;
And then to Ifaac with an oath
did He renew the fame ;

10 And then to Jacob for a law,

He made it firm and fure,
A covenant to Iirael

which ever mould endure.

11 Wherein He faid, c 1 will to you

' the land of Canaan give,
( The lot of your inheritance,

' where you and your's fhall live. '

12 And when in number they were fmall

againft their foes to ftand ;
Yea at the firft. but very few,
and Grangers in the land ;

13 When

PSALM CV. to;

13 When they thro' various nations went,

from realm to realm remov'd ;

14 He fuffer'd none to do them wrong,

but Kings for them reprov'd.

15 He faid to thofe who fat on thrones,

let no prefumptuous arm
Dare touch my dear anointed ones,
nor do my prophets harm.

[ 3 P^t. ]

16 He eall'd a famine on the land,

and break the ltaff of bread.

17 But he before had fent a mall

by whom they fhould be fed :
Jofeph was into Egypt fold,
and there a Have was made 5

18 Whofe feet with fetters hurt, his foul

was pierc'd, in irons laid.

19 Till in due time the blefTed word

of infpiration came,
A revelation from the LORD
that try'd and clear'd his name :

20 And then the King commandment gave,

that he enlarg'd fhould be ;
The fov'reign of the nation fent
and fet him fully free.

21 Yea made him ruler of his houfe,

the chief of all his land ;
And all the fubitance he poffefs'd
committed to his hand.

22 With full commiflion, at his will

his princes to controul,

And teach his wifeft fenators

the wifdom how to rule.

23 His

2o6 P S A L M CV.

23 His father Ifr'el with his houfe
then into Egypt came ;
And Jacob was a fojourncr
within the land or Ham.
[ 4 Part. ]
24. His people then exceedingly
He multiplied there,
And made them mightier than thofe
who their oppreflbrs were.

25 Their hearts then turn'd, that they to hate

his people, d d ar fe ;
And with his fervants craftily
to deal, did they devife.

26 His fervant Moies then He fent,

Aaron his chofen too ;

27 Who did within the land of Ham

His figns and wonders (how.

28 He darknefs lent, and made it dark :

all tilings his word obey :

29 He turn'd their waters into biood,

ano He their fifh did flay.

30 Great fwarms of frogs fpread o'er their land;

Yea chambers of their kings :

31 His word ail forts of flies and lice

in all their borders brings.

32 For rain he pour'd down frorms of hail j

flames on their land he fent :

33 When He their vines and fig-trees fmote,

yea all their trees He rent.

34 He fpake, and caterpillars came,

and locufts fwarm'd around ;

35 Which eat the herbs of all their fields,

and fruits of all their ground.

36 Then in one dreadful night He flew

their firu-born thro' the land,
The chief of all their firength, ev'n by
a mighty angel's hand, ' [5 Part

PSALM CV. 2o7

[ 5 P-rf, J

37 But thence with gold and filver H«

His people made to pafs ;
Nor had they one among their tribes
that faint 'or feeble was.

38 All Egypt was exceeding glad,

to fee them thence depart ;
So great a fear of Jacob's race,
had feiz'd on ev'ry heart.

39 By day He for a covering fpread

a cloud ; and in the night
He made it like a mining tire,
to give them kindly light.

40 He brought them living quails for food

when fleih they afk'd to have ;
And iaiisfy'd them with the bread
which then from heav'n He gave.

41 He open'd wide the flinty rock,

the' e gufhed out a itream ;
Which through the dry and defart land
in rivers follow'd them.

42 He on h;s holy promifes,

and fervant Abr'ham thought :

43 Wrh joy his people, and with fongs

He iorth his chofen brought.

44 An i then to them the pleafant land$

He of the heathen gave,
That of the nations labours they
inheritance might have.

45 That they his Pratutes might obferve

in perfect purity ;
And in full freedom keep his laws :
fing Hallelujah *ye !

PSALM

*o8 PSALM CVL

PSALM CVI.

i OlNG Hallelujah ! to the Lord
^ give thanks ; for good is He,
Becaufe his mercy doth endure
ev'n to eternity,
a Who can the LORD's great pow'rs f declare,*

or fet forth all his praife ?
3 BlefTed are they who judgment keep,
and juftice do always.

4. LORD mind me with the favour Thou
doft to thy people bear ;
And with thy great falvation me
to vifit now appear.

5 That I may fee thy nation's good

which Thou haft made thy choice ;
And glory with thy heritage,
and in their joy rejoyce.
[ 2 Part. ]

6 We with our fathers finned have,

have finned ev'ry one,
Have trefpafTed exceedingly,
and wickedly have done.

7 The mighty wonders Thou haft wrought

in the Egyptian land.
Our fathers faw, but did not mind
or duly underftand :

Nor did they mind the multitude

of thy benignities ; *
But at the fea, at the red fea,

they made thy wrath to rife.

8 Neverthelefs He faved them

ev'n for his own name's fake ;
That thereby He his fov'reign pow'r
moft manifeft might make.

9 For

f Htbrsw, Septuagint, ancient latin, Sc Arahick.

PSALM CVI. 20p

9 For He the mighty fea rebuk'd,
and made before Him fly ;
And through the depths He led them fafe,
as through a defart dry.

10 From his high hand who hated them

He timely did them fave -y
And from the hand of mighty foes
a full redemption gave.

11 The waters overwhelm'd their foes,

not one was left alive ;

12 Then they his word believ'd, and praife

to Him in fongs did give.

[ 3 Part. ]

13 Yet foon did they his mighty works

ungratefully forget 5
Nor for his fov'reign counfel would
with due fubmiflion wait.

14 But journeying in the wildernefs,

they lufted ihamefully ;
And in the defart would prefume
the glorious God to try.

15 And yet the things which they requir'd

He gave them to the full \
But leanefs at the fame time fent
into their pining foul.

1 6 They envy'd Mofes in' the camp,

tho' their great prophet known ;
And with him Aaron their high prieft,
JEHOVAH's holy one.

17 The earth her mouth then op'ned wide,

and Dathan did devour,
With proud Abiram's company,
and hid with dreadful roar.

P 18 Amc

2io PSALM CVL

1 8 Among the reft who mutiny'd,

a fire was kindled then,
Whofe flame purfuM and foon confum'd,
thofe daring impious men.

19 They made a calf of melted gold,

while they at Horeb were ;
And ftupidly they worfhipped
the molten image there.

20 Thus they moft foolifhly exchang'd

Him that their glory was,

For the bafe likenefs of an ox

that feeding lives on grafs.

21 They quite forgot the glorious God,

who had their faviour been ;
By whom fuch mighty things perform'd
they had in Egypt feen :

22 The wondrous works which He had done

in Ham's aftonifh'd land,
The fearful things at the red fea
wrought by his fov'reign hand.

23 He faid then, He would them deftroy,

if Mofes in that day
Had not flood in the dreadful breach,
and turn'd his wrath away.

[ 4 Part. ]

24. Yea they defpis'd the pleafant land,
and would not truft his word ;

25 But murm'ring in their tents, refus'd

to hearken to the LORD.

26 To make them in the defart fall,

He lifted up his hand ;

27 Among the nations to difperfe

their race in every land.

2S T*

PSALM CVL an

Sfc8 To Baal- peor they join'd themfelves,
made offerings to the dead ;

29 With thefe devices Him provok'd ;

the plague among them fpread.

30 But Phineas rofe, and judgment wrought,

whereon the plague did ceafe :

31 Which to all ages is to Him

accounted righteoufnefs.

32 Yea at the ftreams of Meribah

they there incens'd Him fo,
That ev'n with Mofes for their fakes
it grievouily did go :

33 Their provocations were To great,
his patient fpirit ftir'd,

That with his lips he fpake in hafte
an unadvifed word.

t 5 Pari- 1

. They did not, at the LORD's command,

the impious nations flay ;
; But with the heathen mix'd themfelves,
and learnt their works and way.

36 They ferv'd their idols, which to them
a fatal fnare became ;

37 Their fons and daughters facrific'd
to devils in the flame.

38 The blood of innocents they fhed,
to Canaan's idols vile ;

Their children's blood they facrific'd,

and did the land defile.
I Then with their deteftable works

themfelves polluted they ;
And with devices of their own

a whoring went aftray.

40 JEHOVAH's wrath was kindled then
againft his people more ;
So that his own inheritance

He greatly did abhor, P 2 41 Ho

212 PSALM CVII.

41 He gave them to the heathen's pow'r,

into their haters hand :

42 Their foes opprefs'd them, and they were

enflav'd to their command.

43 He many a time deliver'd them ;

but with their councils fo
They Him provok'd, that for their fins
again He brought them low.

44 Yet He regarded their diftrefs,

whene'r He heard their cry ;

45 And He his covenant for them

recall'd to memory :

46 Yea, in his mercies multitude

did He repent ; and made

Them to be pitied of all thofe

who them had captive led.

47 O fave us in this darkfome day,

O LORD our mighty God ;
Thy people gather where difpers'd,

in gentile lands abroad :
That fo we to thy holy name

may render thanks always,
And all together joyfully,

may triumph in thy praife.

48 The LORD, the God of Ifraei

be blefs'd eternally ;
And let all people fay, Amen ;
fing Hallelujah * ye.

PSALM CVII. [TJoeGoodnefs oftbtLoKD)

[1 To Captives and Travellers.]

I r\ To JEHOVAH give ye thanks,
^* becaufe moll good is He,
Becaufe his mercy doth endure
ev'n to eternity.

2 Let

PSALM CVIL 213

t Let the redeemed of the LORD
thus of his mercy fay ;
Whom He hath from the hand of foes
redeem'd and brought away.
\ From all the Jands wherein they were
difperfed and diftrefs'd,
Hath gather'd from the north, the fea, *
the eaft and from the weft.

They wandred thro' the wildernefs

in an untrodden way ;
No habitable town they found,

nor place wherein to ftay.
With hunger were they famifhed,

with thirft extremely dry ;
Their fouls were in them overwhelm'd.

and ready were to die.

But then they to JEHOVAH cry'd

in their extreme diftrefs ;
And He them fet at liberty

from all their anguifhes.
For then along He led them in

a right tho' tracklefs way,
Glad to a town inhabited,

where they might fafely ftay.

O that men would JEHOVAH praife

for his great goodnefs then,
And for his many wondrous works

wrought for the fons of men.
jFor he the thirfty, longing foul

refrefhing fatisfies :
And He the hungry foul with good
ev'n to the fulf fupplies.

[ 2 To Prifoners. J
Such as (hut up, in darknefs dwell,

and in death's (hade abide ;
Who are in great affliction bound,

and faft in irons ty'd. 1 1 Be.

ai4 PSALM CVIL

11 Becaufe againft the words of God

they did as rebels rife,
And counfels of the higheft One
did daringly defpife:

12 Therefore with flavifh labour * He

their hearts brought wholly down :
Under their burthens down they fell,
and helper there was none.

13 But then they to JEHOVAH cry

in their extreme diftrefs ;

And He them fets at liberty,

from all their anguifhes.

14 Fie them out of their darknefs brought*

and from death** fhade He took j
And all the chains which bound them faft

He all to pieces broke.
rj O that men would JEHOVAH praife

for his great goodnefs then,
And for his many wondrous works

wrought for the fons of men.

1 5 For He hath into fhivers broke

the gates of folid brafs,
Afunder cut the iron bars,
and let the pris'ners pafs.

[ 3. lo the Sick. ]

17 Fools for their bold iniquities >

and fins, afflicted are :

18 Their fouls ail meat abhor, and they

to gates of death draw near.

19 But then they to JEHOVAH cry

in their extreme diurefs ;
And He them fets at liberty
from all their anguifhes.

20 H

PSALM CVIL 2iy

20 He fent his word of fov'reign pow'r,

and to them healing gave ;
And gracioufly deliver'd them
from death and from the grave.

21 O that men would JEHOVAH praife

for his great goodnefs- then,
And for his many wondrous works
wrought for the fons of men.

22 And of their thanks the facrifice

let them with pleafure bring ;
And while his works they tell abroad,
with gladnefs fhout and fing.

[ 4. To thofe who go to Sea, ]

23 All thofe who down into the feas

in floating (hips defcend, *
And venture on the waters great
their bufinefs to attend ;

24 They there JEHOVAH's mighty works

with waking eyes behold,
And in the moving deeps they fee
his wonders manifold.

25 For He commands, and inftantly

the ftormy winds arife,
Which drive the fwelling waves along,
and raife them to the fkies.

26 They mount to heav'n, and down they row!

to dreadful depths again ;
Their fouls quite faint and melt away
with anxioufnefs and pain.

27 As drunkards ftagger to and fro,

they reel, with tempefts tofs'd ;
They are as men of fenfe bereft,
2nd all their fkill is loft,

P 4 18 But

2x6 J > S A L M CYIL

28 But then they to JEHOVAH cry

in their extreme diftrefs,
And He then brings them fpeedily
from alt their anguifhes.

29 He turns the ftorm into a calm,

at his almighty will ;
So that the raging waves thereof
grow peaceable and (till.

30 Then theyrejoyce, becaufe at reft

they find themfelves to be :
So them He to the haven brings,
which they had long'd to fee.

31 O that men would JEHOVAH praife8

for his great goodnefs then '
And for his many wondrous works,
wrought for the fons of men.

32 In all the congregations great

Him let them highly raife ;
And where th' affembled elders fit
•unite to fpread his praife.

[ 5 !T(j Hujbandmen. ]

33 He to a defart turns a land,

^where rivers <lid abound ;
And where the fprings of water fiowM,
into a thirfty ground.
34. A fruitful land to barrennefs
He turns becaufe of fin,
For the provoking wickednefs
of thofe who dwell therein.

35 Then He the barren wildernefs
with pools enriching fills,
And turns the dry and thirtty land
to fprings and flowing rills.

36 Am

i? S A L M CVXL zij

36 And there for dwelling He a place

does to the hungry give ;
Where they may focial towns prepare,
and pleafantly may live.

37 Where they may fruitful vineyards plant,

and low the fertile fields,
And may receive the rich increafe,
which ev'ry harveft yields.

38 Yea He fo greatly blefTes them j

He multiplies their race,
And in his goodnefs fuffers not
their cattle to decreafe.

39 And when they are diminifhed,

and for their fins brought low.
Beneath oppreffion, tyranny
and grief are made to bow ;

40 Then He on princes pours contempt,

and caufes them to {tray,
And wander in a wildernefs
wherein they find no way ;

41 But He from deep affliction makes

the poor on high to rife ,

And like to multiplying flocks

He makes their families.

42 All this the righteous fhall behold,

and will rejoyce to view :
But all, afbam'd, fhall flop their mouths^
who wickednefs will do.

43 Whofo-is wife and will obferve

thefe things attentively,
He mall the goodnefs of the LORD
with pleafing wonder fee.

?SJL.

*i8 PSALM CVIIL
PSALM CVIIL
y^ S^ ar P/k/w c/" David.

1 r\ GOD, my heart is fix'd ; I'll fing,
" yea with my glory praife :

2 Awake up pfaltery and harp ;

my fcif I'll early raife.

3 Thy praife, O LORD, will I proclaim

among the people round j
Among the nations I with fongs
thy praifes will.refound.

4 For thy benignity is great,

ev'n to the htav'ns on high ;
And thy eternal truth extends,
up to the cloudy fky.

5 Above the (tarry firmament

exalt thy kit, O GOD ;
And o'er the fpaeious earth difplay
thy glory all abroad.

6 That thofe who thy beloved are

may quite deliver'd be ;
O do Thou fave with thy right hand,
and anfwer give to me.

7 GOD in his holinefs hath fpoke,

and I'll triumph with joy ;
Shechem divide, and Succoth's vale.,
meafure for mine will L

8 Gilead is mine, ManafTeh mine,

who both efpoufe my caufe ;
Ephraim is of my ftrength the head,
and Judah gives my laws.

9 Moab I will my wafTipot make || ;

my (hoe o'er Edom fling || j
And over P'aleftina's land

I will in triumph fing. io Wh«

| See the Notes on Pfa/mlx. 8.

PSALM CIX. 219

JO Who will me to the city lead
fo ftrongly fortify M ?
And who will into EJom's land
me and my army guide ?

11 Didft Thou not caft us off, O GOD ?

yet mil we look to Thee :
Wilt Thou not with our armies go,
and GOD our leader be ?

12 O from our trouble give us help ;

for man's help vain is known :

13 Thro'. GOD we fhall do valiantly ;

and He'll our foes tread down.

PSALM CIX. A Pfalm of David,

I 111 Old not thy peace, O God my praife 5
"- 2 For op'ned wide at me
Are wicked and deceitful mouths,
with tongues of falfity.
3 With words of fpiteful hatred they
encompafs me around ;
And fight againft me, tho' no caufe
in me they ever found.

4. They for my love became my foes ;

yet I for them did pray ;
5 111 they reward me for my good,

and hate tor love repay.

[ 2 Part. ]

5 But Thou wilt fet a wicked one
o'er him to have command ;
And at his right hand always mail
the troubler Satan (land.
7 When he to judgment comes, he (hall
be wicked found therein ;
His pray'rs fhall aggravations be
of his prefumptuous (in,

8 His

8 His days (hall be but few , his charge
another man (hall take ; 6

9 Thou wilt his children fatherlefs

his wife a widow make
io His children (hall be vagabonds
and beg continually •
And from their places defolate
mall feek for a fupply.

11 Extortioners (hail feize on all

that to him appertains ;
And grangers fpoil the fruits of all
his labours, cares and pains.

12 None to him favour (hall extend,

nor to his orphans mow ;
*3 His race jhall fail, nor (hall their names
the age fucceeding know.

14 Their fathers wickednefs (hall be

remembred by the LORD ■

n m0^ their mother did tranferefs

mall (till be on record. S *

15 They (hall before JEHOVAH's face

appear continually,
Until he wholly from the earth
cuts off their memory.

16 Beeaufe he did no mercy mind,

but perfecute the poor ;
I hat he might flay afflided ones
i-t A 7'°^ hfarts were broke before.

17 As he did bitter curling love,

curfes (hall on him lie :
As he delighted not to blefs,
bleffing (hall from him flie.
28 As he with curfes cloath'd himfelf •
like waer they (hall flow
into his bowels, and like oyl
into his bones (hall go. Jq Lfc«

PSALM CIX. tti

19 Like an enclofittg garment, they

ihall compais him around j
And as a girdle conftantly
thev thai! on him be bound.

20 Thus will JEHOVAH deal with * thofe

my fpiterul enemies ;
Who evil fpeak againft my foul, J
againft my life % devife.
[ 3 Part ]

21 But Lord JEHOVAH, * deal Thou well

for thy name fake with me :
Becaufe thy mercies tender are,
O fet me quickly free.

22 For 1 afflicted am and weak,

and helplefs and opprefs'd ; ||
My heart moft deeply wounded is,
and pained in my bread.

23 Like to the fhadow far declin'd,

fo far away I'm gone ;
And as the locuft with the wind,
am tofTed up and down.
24. By fafting long and frequently
my knees are feeble grown ;
And fo much wafted is my flefh,
that all its fat is gone.

25 I'm a reproach among my foes,
, who mock me as forlorn ;

And always when they look on me,
they make their heads with fcorn.

26 Help me JEHOVAH, O my God,

in mercy fave Thou me.
*7 That all mav know this is thy hand,
that, LORD, 'tis done by Thee.

28 When
J The Ht'b. fignifies £//>a»well as Soul, a^d Both may-
be intended j} The Hebrew Teems to comprize al!
thcfe Ideas ; See Schindler and Martin Albtrt,

2%i- PSALM CX.

28 When me they curfe, do Thou me blefs t

let them afhim'd be made,
When they rile up ; but O then let
thy fervant's heart be glad.

29 So (hall my ipiteful enemies

be cloathed all with fhame ;
And their confufion mall like as
a mantle xover them.

30 But I will greatly thank the LORD,

and with my mouth aloud,
Will joyful praifes to Him fing
among the multitude.

31 For at the right hand of the poor

He ftands to refcue them
From thofe who judge unrighteoufly,
and would their fouls condemn.

P S A L M CX. A Pfalm of David.

[ TbeExaltationReignPriefthood&Viftories ofC H R I $ T . ]

1 TEHOVAH to my Lord + hath faid,
J Sit Thou on high at my right hand3
Till I thy toes thy footftool make,
On which Thou (halt in triumph ftand.

1 JEHOVAH out of Zion-hill

The fceptre of thy ftrength will fend \
And in the midit of all thy foes
Thou fhalt thy reigning pow'r extend,

3 But in thy day of conqu'ring pow'r
Thy people mall be made moil free 5
And will moil freely Thee obey
In all the joys of liberty. % And

f fn HetreiV'UsADouhi ; and fignines.TheMEss iah :
Mot. xxii 42 — 44. XlnHtbrewth—Tby Pecphjhall
be Willingnesses in the Day of ihyPonxtr : W hich
Words arc fo full of Senfe as to intimate all th«fe
delightful Sentiments.

PSALM CXI. 223

And as from early morning's womb
The drops of dew ihine o'er the ground,
So ihall thy num'rous youths be i^ti ^
In holy beauties all around.

4 JEHOVAH never will repent
Of what refolvedly He fwore;
In likenefs of Melchizedek
Thou art a prieft for evermore.

5 This fov'reign and almighty Lord f
Who fits on high at thy right hand,
Shall in his day of wrath ftrike thro*
The haughty kings that Him withftand.

6 He fhali among the heathen judge,
And nil their places with the flain,
And wound to death the cruel heads
Who over many regions reign.

7 He, of th* enlivening brook, ihali drink,
As in his way to victory ;

Then with frefh ardour fhall go on. |
Triumph, and lift his head on high.

PSALM CXI.
1 Clng Hallelujah I praife the LORD
*^ I will with all my mind,
Where upright ones in private meet,
and are in publick join'd.
1 JEHOVAH's works are wondrous great,
and fhow his boundlefs might ;
And are fought out by ev'ry foul,

who views them with delight. 3 His

f In Hebreiv tis Adonai — to fignify, tis the fame Per-
fon mention'd in the latter Part of the firji Line of the
Pfalm, who is plac'd at the Right Hand of Jehovah :
and all this is therefore implied.

\ Tne ^'ords plainly fignify ; That on his Drinking of
the Brook in theWay, He ihould be wondroufly re-
frefhsd and enlivened.

224 P S ^ L M CXI.

3 His work is glorious majefty,

and comeJy honour is ;
And to perpetual ages ftands *
that righteoufnefs of his.

4 His works moft marvellous He made

ftill to be kept in mind :
Full of companion is the LORD,
moft merciful and kind.

5 A portion of fit food He gives

to all who fear his name ;
And ever will He bear in mind
his covenant with them.

6 He of his work the mighty povv'r

did to his people fhow,
In that the heathens heritage
He did on them beftow.
[ 2 Part. ]

7 Unmaken truth and judgment are

the working of his hands j
Sure ail his threatnings, promifes,
and fure all his commands, j

8 They firmly are eftablifhed

to perpetuity ;
And are fulrlU'd and perfected
in truth and equity.

9 He to his flock redemption fent :

that covenant of his
For ever He ordain'd : his name
holy and rev'rend is.

10 The LORD's fear the beginning is

of wifdom : they are wife
Who do his will : and evermore

endures his higheft praife. P S A L.

jj As the judicious A.Jackfai obferves — GovhCommayidt
in the Scripture Setife of the Word include his Sta<
tutes,Promifes and Threatnings all infeperably join'd
together,

P S A I M CXII, CXIII. nS

P S A L M
1 o \ ' * () 1 'd,

^ The m I Kh JKHOVAH tear ;

ight
In .. nands with cai

i (hall multiply on earth,
great and profper mightdv- :

•hteous m
ill blciTed be abundantly.

h ihall nil his houfe ;
i ! . righteo end (hall find ;'

. ! ank- ;
> juft, companionate and kind.

5 A good man lends, and favour fhe<

urs with judgment * guide

6 Sureiy he never ihall be mov'd ;
For ever d< .. .me abide

igl (hall not him difmay ;

his heart hx'd, on the LORD relics;
S II- firm, he never t

i rounds

And gives the poor a meet fupp'y j
Hi .1 i

His hoi in high.

10 T d this (hall fee an

II their . I d jfires and a 1

i\\ and utterly l\qq:.

p s a l m cxiri.

Clng Hall: ' fin^ his praifc,

*^ k*s of ttii > :

orio \% na

. ord .

n6 PSALM CXIV.

i O bleffed be JEHOVAH's name,
From this time to eternity :

3 From fun-rife to his going down
JEHOVAH's name mall praifed be.

4 O'er all the nations of the world

The great JEHOVAH reigns on high :
Yonder his brighter!: glory mines,
Yonder above the ftarry iky.

5 To God our LORD who dwells above,
Who ever can compared be ?

6 Who all that is in heav'n and earth
Humbles himfelf to mind and fee.

7 Out of the duft he raifes up

the flighted man of low degree ;
And from the dunghill needy men
Surprizingly lift up doth He.
% That He may them advance on high,
And even along with princes feat \t
Yea thofe who of his people are
The princes chief in pow'r and itate.

9 He makes the barren woman keep
Her houfe with pleafure, and to be
Of babes a mother full of joy.
Sing therefore Hallelujah * ye.

PSALM CXIV.
i WfHen Ifr'el Egypt left,
* * and Jacob's family
Did from a barb'rous f people there
march forth triumphantly ;
2 Then Judah was ordain'd
to guard his holy place ;
But the whole hoft of Ifrael
His choice dominion was.

3 The
f So the Hebrew and all the ancient Verfion*.

PSALM CXV. 227

3 The Tea it faw, and fled ;

and Jordan back did flow ;

4 Like rams the mountains, and like lambs

the hills leap'd to and fro.

5 Thou fea ! what made thee fly \

thou Jordan-back to flow ?

6 Ye mountains leap like rams ? ye hills

like lambs leap to and fro ?

7 Before the mighty Lord, f [\4donA
tremble O earth for fear,

While the dread prefence of the God
of Jacob doth appear !

8 Who made the folid rock
melt into pools below ;

To fprings of water turn'd the flint,
and made the flint to flow.

P S A L M CXV.

1 Q Not to us, LORD, not to us,

but all the glory take
To thine own name, both for thy truth
and fov'reign mercy's fake.

2 Why mould the taunting heathen cry,

" where is the God they own ? "

3 Our God in heav'n fits high enthron'd,
and what he pleas'd hath done.

4 Their idols filver are and gold ;

men's handy work are they.

5 Mouths have they, but they cannot fpeak 3
and. eyes, but cannot fee.

Ears have they, but they cannot hear ;

nofes, but favour not :
Have hands and feet, but cannot move j

nor murmur * in * their throat.
8 Such fenfelefs ftocks are they themfejves

who did thefe idols frame ;
And fuch are all who to them pray,

and put their truft ia them. [ 2

-tS P SCA L M CXVL

[ 2 Part. ]
9 O Ifr'el, truft ye in the LORD ;
your help and lhield is He :
io O Aaron's houfe, truft in the LORD ;

your lhield and help He'l be.
Ii Who fear the LORD, truft in the LOR.D ;

He is your help and fhield.
j2 The LORD hath mindful been of us ;
his blefling He will yieid.

The houfe of lfra'i blefs He will ;
the houfe of Aaron blefs,

13 He will bleis all who fear the LORD,

the greater and the lefs.

14 To you JEHOVAH will, to you'

and to your children add :

15 You are the blefTed of th* LORD,

that heav'n and earth has made.

16 The heav'n's of heav'ns are all the LORD's.

where He his glory ihows :
But ev'n on Adam's * offspring He
the fpacious earth bellows.

17 Not any praife to JAH * on high

can from the dead aicend ;
No praife from thole who to the place
of filence deep defcend.

x8 But we th' eternal JAB * will blefs
who yet alive are ken,
From this time forth for evermore,
fing Hallelujah then !

P S A L M CXVL

1 T Love, becaufe JEHOVAH doth
*• my voice and pray'r * ftiil hear j

2 And all my days will call on Him,

who b^«v'd to me his ear,

t Th*

PSALM CXVI. 229

3 The cords of death on ev'ry fide

begirt me fail around :
The pains of hell laid hold on me :
grief and diftrefs I found.

4 Then on JEHOVAH's name I call'd,

and earneftly did cry ;
• O LORD ! deliver Thou my foul
6 in my extremity. '

5 JEHOVAH juft and gracious is ;

our God mod kind alfo.

6 The LQRQ the fimple keeps, and He

me fav'd iwhen I was low.

7 O now my foul, do thou return

to thy deligliful reft,
Becaufe the LORD hath bounteoufly
Himfelf to thee exprefs'd.

8 Becaufe Thou haft my foul from death

now fet at liberty :
Mine eyes from tears, my Aiding feet
from falling haft fet free.

9 Therefore I'll walk before the LORD,

in his appointed ways,
While in the land of living ones
He lengthens out my days.
[ 2 Part. J

10 I did believe, and therefore fpake,

I great affliction bear -,

11 Then in diftrefs and hafte I faid,

that all men liars are.

12 But O JEHOVAH ! what returns

fhall I now make to Thee ;
For all the many benefits,
Thou hall beftow'd on me.

13 I'll take the cup of faving health,

and on the LORD's name call :
14. I'll pay the LORD my vows, yea now,

before his people all, Q^ 3 15 In

23o PSALM CXVII.

15 In prefence of JEHOVAH is

efteem'd exceeding dear
The death of ev'ry one of thofe
his gracious faints who are.

16 I verily thy fervant am,

thy fervant LORD, am I,
And of thy handmaid am the fon,
my bands Thou did'ft untie.

17 The facrifice of thankfulness,

I'll offer up to Thee ;
And I upon JEHOVAH's name,
will call continually. ^

18 The vows which in diftrefs Ymade

I to the LORD will pay,
In prefence of his people all
without the leaft delay.

79 Within Jehovah's courts therefore
I gladly pay my vow^
In midft of thee Jerufalem !
fing Hallelujah, * now !

P S A L M CXVII.

1 ("\ All ye nations of the world,
KJ JEHOVAH praife always !
And all ye people ev'ry where,
fet forth his highcft praife !
2, For great his kindnefs is to us,
and flows for ever free ;
JEHOVAH's truth will never fail,
fing Hallelujah * ye !

[ Long Metre. ]

I O all ye nations of the world,

To praife the LORD with joy combine !
And all ye people ev'ry where
To Him in fongs of praifes join !

2 For

PSALM CXVIII. 231

2 For his mod wondrous grace abounds
And flows to us for ever free ;
JEHOVAH's truth will never fail,
Therefore fing Hallelujah * ye !
PSALM CXVIII.

1 /^v Praife the LORD, for He is good,
^ his mercies ne'er decay :

2 And that his mercies ever lalt,

let thankful Ifr'el fay.

3 Their fenfe of his eternal love

let Aaron's houfe declare :

4 And that it fails not, let all fay,

all vthojjfebovab fear.

5 To the almighty JAH * I cry'd

in my extreme diftrefs ;
And JAH, * on high me heard, and brought
into this happy place.

6 The LORD is for me ; I'll not fear

what man to me can do :

7 The LORD is with my helping friends ;

and I will face % my foe.

8 'Tis better on the LORD to truft,

than truft in man's defence-;

9 Better to truft the LORD than place

in princes confidence.

[ 2 Part. ]

10 All nations round environ'd fl me,

defign'd my fatal fall ;
But in JEHOVAH's mighty name

I overcame them all. t n They

J So the Hebrew 8c Syriack : i. e. Face with Courage,
and Confidence of Viaory. The Septuagint renders
\l--dijdain ; and the Jrahick-- overcome.

H The Sept. Syr. Arab.Mtbiop. ScJeromtz&sMoTrmeIius
and Junius .Pi/cat or, Ainf<worth,DeMuis,Ri<ve! & Geir,
render thefe Conquefts as being pajit&c here mentioned
as Encouragements to hope tot future Victories.

232 PSALM CXVIII.

11 They compafs'd me, again, again,

and try'd my utter fall ;
But in JEHOVAH's mighty name
I did fubdue + them all.

12 Like angry bees they round me fwarm'd,

rag'd like a thorny flame ;
Yet quenched and deftroyed were,
but in JEHOVAH's name.

13 When they pufh'd hard to beat me down,

JEHOVAH helped me.

14 The mighty J AH * my ftrength, my fong,

and faving help is Pie.

15 In tents of righteous men is heard

the voice of health and joy :
TheLord's right hand gives mighty ftrength %
and works moft mightily, t

16 JEHOVAH by his mighty pow'r

advances them on high : %
TheLord's right hand gives mighty ftrength f
and works moft mightily, t

[ 3 P«*\ 3
i; I fha!3 not die, but longer live,
and gratefully declare
The works of our almighty JAH, •
how wonderful thev are.
lS For JAH hath forefy rrx chaftiz'd,
till jufr of life bereav'd :
Eut kindly from the gates of death,
my fainting life rcpriev'd.

19 O fet wide open now to mc
the gates of righteoufnefs ;
And I will enter them, and there

the praife of JAH * confefs. 20 This

•f- So thcMtbiofick : or, tut them -drwn ; as Mont* fife-

■ zwrto, R <vet and Gcir.
% See the Hdrew, Septuogint, Syic.ck. & Aralick.

PSALM CXVIIL 233

20 This gate, JEHOVAH's bleiTed gate,
into his houfe doth lead :
The righteous love to enter in ;
and entring in are glad.
7. 1 Among theie righteous ones I'll be
snd praife on Thee bellow ;
Fcr Thou halt heard me, and to Thee
I my lalvation owe.

J2 The ftone || the builders did defpife,
and utterly difclaim,
Is now the chief and corner ftone,
which .bares up all the frame.

23 This work JEHOVAH's mighty pow'r

hath brought to pafs alone ;
And we in great amazement ftand
to fee what He hath done.
[ 4 Par,. }

24 This is the great and bleiTed day

the LORD himfelf hath made -,
And we will all therein rejoyce,
and be exceeding glad.

25 JEHOVAH we f now Thee befeech

Salvation to afford : %
We f humbly Thee entreat now fepd
profpenty, O LORD !

26 He that comes in JEHOVAH's name

O let him bleiTed be.
Out of JEHOVAH's houfe to you,

a bieiTing wifh do we. 27 God

f! Applied to Christ Mat. xxi. Acls iv. Eph.ii. 1 Pet ii.
f So the ChcJate The Word-- Ana - which 1 here

render -IVe-h an Ad-verb ; and applicable both to

the Singu/arand Plual Number.
% This Line \r\Hehre<iv\s Ho?ANNA--And tffrsJPora and

Verfe are plainly alluded to by the exultingMuhitude

applying it to Christ, in Mat. xxi. 9.

534 PSALM CXIX.

27 God is JEHOVAH, who to us

hath made his light to rife :
Bind therefore to his altar's horns
with cords, our facrifice.

28 Thou art my God, and I'll proclaim

for evermore thy praife :
Thou art my God, and thy great name
my thankful fong (hall raile,

29 O to JEHOVAH give ye thanks ;

immenfely good is He,
Becaufe his mercy doth endure
ev'n to eternity.

PSALM CXIX.

[Every Verfe o/thh Pfalm repre/ents the fuperiour Excel-
lency of the written Word 0/ Goo : and under thenvife
ConduSi of Infpiration it was composed with the greatejl
¥\&mr\e{$,withGUtPoeticalOrnameets. It mufi be there-
fore our Wifdom to nprefent the Original in its infpird
Simplicity, both of Sentiments and Style, with all the
Exaclnefs pojfible.]

1 TjOW blefs'd the upright in the way !
n Who in JEHOVAH's law wiU go :

2 Who keep his records blefs'd are they,
With all their heart who feek him too :

3 And who work not iniquity,

But in his ways Ariel walkers are.

4 Thou haft commanded us to keep
Thy precepts with our utmoft * care.

5 O that my ways eftabiiftvd * were
To keep thy ftatutes needfully !

6 When I all thy commands regard,
Then be afhamcd (hall not I.

7 When thy juft judgments I mall learn,
Thee with an upright heart I'll praife.

S Me utterly forlake net Thou ;
And I'll thy ftatutes keep always.

[2 Part,

PSALM CXIX. 135-

[ 2 Part. ]

9 By what may youth make pure their way ?

Thy word by itriet attending to.
10 With all my heart I fought for Thee :

From thy commands ne'er let me go !
ill hid thy word within my heart,

Lell ;. : give offence to Thee.

12 O Thou j ^iOVAH, bieffed art ;
Thy ftatutes therefore teach Thou me !

13 1 all the judgments of thy mouth
Did with my faithful lips declare.

14 My joys more in thy records way,
Than in all earthly riches are.

15 I'll on thy precepts meditate,

And on thy ways mine eyes will fet : .

16 Thy itatutes fha!l be my delight i
And I thy word will not forget.

[ 3 P""- ]

17 O to thy fervant give this grace,
that I may live thy word to keep :

18 Unveil mine eyes, that I may fee
Within thy law the wonders deep.

19 I am a ftranger in the earth ;

O never hide thy laws from me.

20 My foul is broken with defire,
Th^ judgments at all times to fee.

21 Thou haft rebuk'd the proud accurs'd,
Who from thy facred ftatutes fwerv'd.

22 Reproach and lhame roll off* from me ;
For I thy records have obferv'd.

23 The great againft me lit and fpeak,
But 1 thy laws my ftudy make :

24. Thy records are my great delight,
And them my councellors I take.

[ 4 P*>:.

23<5 PSALM CXIX.

C + ?««■ ]

25 Down to the dufl: my foul cleaves fa ft: ;
After thy word revive me nov :

26 I told my wa\s, and Tno-j diclfl hear ;
Thy ilatutes teach Tl.ou me to m

27 Thy precepts way O 'earn Thou me ;
Thy wonders then * will i declare :

28 My foul with grief diflblves away ;
O by thy word my ftrength repair !

29 The way of lies from me remove ;
Grant me thy law's enlighten/ng aid :

30 For I have chofe the way ot tiuth ;
Thy judgments I before me laid.

31 I to thy teltimonies cleave ;

O LORD, fhame on me never c^ft :

32 I'll run thy precepts way with joy,
When Thou my heart enlarged haft.

[ 5 Port- J

33 O teach me, LORD, thy fratutes way ;
And 1 will from it ne'r depart :

34. Iniiruct me; and I'll ftep thy law,
And it obferve with all my Ik art.

35 In thy laws path make me to go ;
Becaufe therein my piealure lies :

36 O to thy records bow my heart,
And leave it not to avarice.

37 From all vain objects turn mine eyes j
Me in thy way revive and chear.

38 O to thy fervant keep thy word,
Who is devoted to thy fear.

39 The (lander which I tear remove ;
Good are the judgments Thou doit give.

40 See how I for thy precepts long ;
Me in thy righteouihds revive.

[ 6 Patt,

PSALM CXIX. 237

[ b Part. ]
4T LORD, let thy mercies come to me;
After thy vvord, ialvation ihow :

42 So 1 my Qaixd'rers ihall refute ;
1> >.iuie thy word I trufted to.

43 T .e vvor i or truth keep in my mouth,
For on thy judgments 1 depend.

44. So I with care will keep thy law,
With conftancy, ev'n to the end.

45 Yea 1 vv<!l wa-ik at liberty ;
Becaure I thy commandm nts feek ;

46 And i before the greateft kings
Wili boidly oi ihy records fpeak.

47 In thy commands wh.ch I have lov'd

, fyi i'i; greatly reae-we.

48 To thy lov'd precepts liit my hands,
Arid on thy itatutes meditate.

[ 7 *•«* ]

49 Good to thy fervant make thy word,

By which Thou niad'rt me reft on Thee :

50 iv iy comfort in diftreis is this, —
Thy faithi u! word hath quick'ned me.

51 Tho' proud ones greatly me deride,
I have not from thy Jaw dechn'd. *

52 Thy judgments, LORD, which were of old,
1 have review'd, and comfort find.

53 I'm ftruck with horror, to behold
How impipus men thy law forfake :

54 But in my houfe of pilgnmage,
Thy itatutes are the fongs I make.

55 By night remembred I thy name,

0 LORD, and kept thy laws have I :

56 1 his comfo t I rcceiv'd % bec<mfe

1 kept thy p ece ts heedtully. [ 8 Part

% The Syriack renders it — 1 Hi is a Confolationtomi :
and fo Jkniui & •lr(msliu$iRi(vet & GlaJJius*

238 PSALM CX1X.

[ 8 Part. ]

57 The LORD my chofen portion is :
I faid that J will keep thy word.

58 I fought thy tace * with all my heart :
After thy word *, me grace afford.

59 I view'd my ways and turn'd my feet,
Into thy teitimonies way ;

60 I haft'ned thy commands to keep,
And made not any more delay.

61 Tho' bands of wicked men me fpoil,
Thy laws I thir.k on with delight.

62 I'll rife at midnight Thee to praife,
Becaufe thy judgments all are right.

63 Companion to them all am I,

Who keep thy laws, and rev'rence Thee :

64 O LORD, thy mercy fills the earth,
Thy ftatutes kindly teach Thou me.

[ 9 Pari. ]

65 O LORD, Thou with thy fervant well
According to thy word halt doqe :

66 Good tafte and judgment teach Thou me.
For I thy laws have refted on.

67 Before I was chafiiz'd, I ilray'd ;
But now to keep thy word I learn.

68 Both good Thou art, and good Thou dolt. 5
Thy itatutes caufe me to difcern.

69 The proud againft me forge their lies ;
Thy laws I'li keep with heart upright :

70 Their heart is grown as fat as greafe ;
But In thy law is my delight.

-71 That 1 might well thy ftatutes learn,
'Tis good that Thou didft me chaftife.
72 Laws of thy mouth 1 far above
Thouiands of geld and filver prize.

[ 10 Part

PSALM CXIX. S39

[ 10 Pa t. ]

73 Thy hands have made and rafhion'd me ;
Wifdom to learn thy laws afford :^

74 Who fear Thee (hall fee me with joy,
Becaufe I've hoped in thy word.

75 Thy judgments, LORD, are right I know,
And in thy truth * Thou chaftneft mc ;

76 After thy word, thy fervant to,
Now let thy grace my comfort be !

77 Thy kindnefs mow, that I may live !
Thy law with pleafure I perufe.

78 Shame proud ones who me caufelefs wrong,
While on thy precepts I will mufe.

79 Let fuch as fear thee, and who know
Thy teftimonies, turn to me :

80 My heart make in thy laws entire.
That I may not afhamed be.

L ir Part. ]

81 Looking for thy falvation long,

My foul faints ; yet I truft thy word :

82 Mine eyes fail for thy word ; and cry,
When wilt Thou comfort me afford ?

83 I'm like a fkin f dry'd in the fmoke j
Yet I thy laws do not forget !

84. How long thy fervants days ? when wilt
Thou judge the men who me befet ?

85 For me the proud have digged pits,
Which never would thy law allow :

86 For all thy laws are truth * ; help me,
Whom they unrighteoully purfue.

87 They almoft me confum'd on earth ;
Yet from thy laws I did not fwerve.

,88 O in thy mercy me revive ;

And thy mouth's records Pll'obferve. izPart.

f The Hebrew fignifies a VefdmzAz of a Skin in the
Form of a large Bottle*

24° PSALM CXIX.

[ 12 Part. ]

89 Made faft thy word in heav'n, O LORD,
it doth eternally endure :

90 'I hv truth tor ever lafts ; and Thou
The earth hart founded, and 'tis fure :

91 By thy decree they ftand this day ;
For they all fervants are to Thee.

92 Were not thy law my joy, 1 foon
had periftYd in adverfity.

93 Thy lavvs I'M ne'er ^rgct ; for Thou
By them haft quickning to me brought :

94. O fave me ; tor I'm wholly thine,
And careful have thy precepts fought.

95 To ruin me the wieked watch ;
but I thy tellimonies mind :

96 Of all perfection f bounds 1 fee;
but Thy command is unconhn'd. X

[ J 3 Port: J

97 How greatly cJo 1 iove Thy Jaw !
It daily my tweet ftudy grows :

98 By thy laws, ever with me, Thou
Haft nude me wifer than my foes.

99 More than my teachers all, I kno.v ;
Becaufe thy laws my ftudy are :

ico I know more than the ancient eb ;
Becaufe I keep thy Jaws with care.

10 1 From all in ways I kept my feet ;
That I might well thy word obey :

102 Becaufe thou haft inhruc~ted me,

I did not from thy judgments ftrr

103 How fweet thy words are to my tafte !
More to my mouth than honey they :

104. I from thy precepts wifdom gain ;

And therefore haie each lying way. [\\Part

-f- i. e, the Perfection of all Creatures in this lower
world. % In its Excellencies, Influences, Benefits.

PSALM CXIX. 241

[ 14 Part. ]

105 Thy word is to my feet the lamp,
A mining light to (how my way :

106 I fware, and to perform, refolve
Thy riejht'ous judgments to obey.

107 I'm fore diftrefs'd ; LORD mc revive,
According to thy faithful word :

108 My mouth's (vcc off rings, O accept ;
And me thy judgments teach, O LORD.

109 My foul is always in my hand,
Yet did I not thy law forget :

1 [o Nor from thy precepts have I ftray'd,]
Tho' fnares for me the wicked fet.

1 1 1 Thy word my endlefs heritage

I chufe, as of my heart the joy :

112 My heart to do thy will I bow,
And therein all my life employ,

[ 15 Part. ]
j 13 Proud, wav'ring and vain % tho'ts I hate *
But dearly love thy law do I :

114 My covert and my fhield art Thou ;
And on thy word I firm rely.

115 Depart from me ye wicked men ;
For, keep my God's commands I muft :

116 By thy word {lay me ; and I live,
• Nor am afhamed of my truft.

117 Uphold me, and I fhall be fafe ;
And 1 thy laws will always eye :

118 Who leave thy laws Thou treaded down ;
For their deceit is all a lie.

119 Earth's lewd, as drofs Thou throw'ft away ;
To love thy law I'm therefore led :

120 My flefh all (hakes for fear of Thee,
And I thy judgments greatly dread.

R [16 Part

% The Heb. feems to fignify all theft j Se« GlaJJlus,
dinfwortk) Lergb, &c.

*4* PSALM CXIX.

[ 1 6 Part. ]

121 O, to oppreflbrs, leave me not ;

I judgment do and righteoufnefs :

122 For good, thy fervant's furety be;
and let not proud ones me opprefs.

123 Mine eyes for thy falvation fail,
And for thy word of equity.

124 In mercy with thy fervant deal ;
And all thy ftatutes teach Thou me.

125 I am thy fervant ; make me wife,
Thy teftimonies all to know :

126 Tis time for Thee, O LORD, to work,
For men thy law abolifli * now.

127 Hence above gold, the fineft gold,
Thy laws I love and eftimate :

128 And all thy precepts right efteem,
And-evVy way of falihood * hate.

[ 17 Part. ]

129 Replete with wonders are thy words :
Therefore, my foul keeps them with care :

130 The op'ning of thy word gives light ;
And makes them wife who fimple were.

131 With open mouth, for thy commands
I pant, with longings for the fame.

132 Look on ; in judgment f pity me,

As Thou doll thofe who love thy name.

133 By thy word, order all my fteps ;
Let no fin over me bear fvvay.

134 Save me from being opprefs'd by man ;
And I will all thy laws obey.

135 Thy face let on thy fervant mine,
And me to learn thy ftatutes caufe :

136 While tears in floods run down mine eyes,
To fee men violate thy laws. 18 Part

' So Sept. ancient Latin, Arab. MutrJIer, Ver. 149, & the
Htb.Uxicons : i. e. the Judgment given in thy Word.

P S A L M CXIX. 243

[ 18 Part. ]

137 Stedfaftly juft Thou art, O LORD ;
Thy judgments are upright alfo :

138 Thy records which Thou doft command
Are right'ous and mod * faithful too.

139 My zeal confumes me to behold
Mine enemies thy words forget :

140 Thy word is moft refin'd ; * therefore
Thy fervant's Jove thereon is fet.

141 Tho' I am little and defpis'd ;
My foul thy precepts yet retains :

142 Thy righteoufnefs for ever lafts ;
Thy law eternal truth remains.

143 Diftrefs and anguifh on me feize ;
Yet great delight thy precepts give :

144 Thy records ever righteous laft ;
O make me wife, and I (hall live.

[ 19 Part. ]

145 To Thee with all my heart I cry ;
LORD hear, and I'll thy word obey:

146 To Thee I cry, O fave Thou me ;
And I will keep thy records way.

147 Before the morning dawn I cry ;
And for thy word in hope || I wait. ||

148 Mine eyes prevent the midnight watch,
Upon thy word to meditate.

149 My voice, LORD, in thy mercy hear,
Revive me in thy judgment % too :

150 They who feek mifchief near me come;
But from thy law far off will go.

151 But, O JEHOVAH, thou art near 5
All thy commands are verity.

152 Of old I know, thou founded haft

Thy records for eternity. [ 20 Part

\ The Hebrew includes both Ideas. % i. e.—tbyjudg~
went g'ven in thy Word in Favour of thy People

244 PSALM CXIX.

[ 20 Part. ]

153 My griefs confider, and me fave ;
For I do not forget thy laws :

154 For thy word's fake revive Thou me,
Deliver me, and plead my caufe.

155 Salvation is from finners far,

Since for thy laws they will not ftrive :

156 Thy tender mercies, LORD, are great 5.
After thy judgments || me revive.

157 Many my perfecuting foes ;

Yet from thy laws I do not fwerve :

158 I iinners fee, and greatly grieve ;
For they thy word do not obferve.

159 Confider how I love thy laws ;

In mercy LORD revive Thou me :

160 Thy word is ever perfect truth,
Thy judgment juft eternally.

[ 21 Part. ]

161 Great men me caufelefs perfecute ;
But more thy word o'er awes my mind ;

162 And yet I in thy word rejoyce,
As they who ftores of riches find.

163 I faKhoed utterly abhor

But dearly love thy law always :

164 And for thy right'ous judgments I
Ev'n feven times a day Thee praife.

165 Great peace have they who love thy Jaw j
No (tumbling ftone mall- them offend :

166 For thy falvation, LORD, I hope ;
And thy commands with care attend.

167 My foul thy teftimonies keeps ;
And them I love exceedingly.

168 I keep thy records and commands ;
For all my ways before Thee lie.

[22 Part.

H i. c. thy Sentences as my 'Judge declared in thy Word.

PSALM CXIX. 245-

[22 Part. ]

169 O let my cry, LORD, come to Thee ;
After thy word me prudent make :

170 Let my requeft before Thee come ;
And fave Thou me for thy word's fakev

171 To Thee my lips (hall utter praife,
When Thou thy ftatutes teacheft me :

172 My tongue ihall forth thy word refoundw
For all thy laws are juft, I fee.

.173 O help me by thy mighty hand ;
For I thy precepts make my choice.

174 LORD I for thy falvation long ;
And greatly in thy law rejoyce.

175 Let my foul live ; and I'll Thee praife;
And from thy judgments fuccour find :

176 Thy fervant feek, who like {tray fheep
Am loft ; yet I thy precepts mind.

PSALM CXX. A Song of Degrees. \\

1 T In diftrefs cry'd to the LORD ;
-*• and kind, He heard my cries.

2 LORD, fav-e my foul from guileful tongue?,

and lips inur'd to lies.

3 What (hall to thy faife tongue be done ?

or giv'n, thou flanderer ?

4 Sharp arrows of the Mighty one,

and coals of Juniper.

5 Ah ! wo is me, that I am fore'd

in Melhech to refide ;
And muft in the ungodly tents
of Kedar ftill abide !

6 My foul ha's long been fore'd to dwell

with them who peace abhor : -
j I am for peace ; but when I fpeak,

they all declare for war. t PSA L.

I Heb. Jfcenfions : and perhaps the Titles of ih&jifteen
Pfoims may mean*— iheJjcenfons of the Squ/ to Go*?;

i46 PSALM CXXLCXXIL

PSALM CXXI. A Song of Degrees.

j T To thofc mountains lift mine eyes,

■* from whence muft come mine aid :
2 Mine help muft from JEHOVAH come,

who heav'n and earth has made.
5 He will not let thy foot be mov'd,
nor flumber who thee keeps :

4 Lo, He who keeps his Ifrael,

He flumbers not, nor fleeps.

5 The LORD thy keeper is ; the LORD

thy (hade on thy right * hand :

6 The fun mall not fmite thee by day,

nor moon by night offend.

7 JEHOVAH will prefervc thy foul ;

he'll keep thee from all ill :

8 Thy goin? out and coming in,

the LORD keep ever will.

PSALM CXXII. A Song of Degrees of David.

1 TT was my joy to hear them fay,

■*■ come to the LORD's houfe go :

2 O dear Jerufalcm, our feet

thy gates fhall pafs into.

3 Jerufalem is builded up

into a city frame :
Quite uniform and beautiful
and compact is the fame.

4. Whither the tribes, the tribes of JAH *
to Ifr'el 's witnefs go ;
That there they to JEHOVAEPs name
their thankfulnefs may fhow. "
5 And there the thrones of judgment rais'd
eftablifhed remain ;
The thrones that to the royal houfe
of David appertain.

6 Pray

PSALM QXXIII.CXXIV. 247

6 Pray for Jerufaleirutor peace :

they profper who love thee :

7 Be in thy walls and palaces

peace and profperity.
S Now, * for my friends and brethren fake,

I wifh thee perfcel peace ;
9 And for our God JEHOVAH's houfe,

I'll feek thy happinefs.
PSALM CXXIII. A Song of Degrees.

j r\ Thou who in the heavn's doft dwell,
^ I lift mine eyes to Thee.

2 Behold, as fervants eyes intent

their matters hand to fee ;
As maids eyes to their miftrefs hand ;

to Thee our eyes arc fo ;
To Thee the LORD our God, till Thou

wilt mercy on us (bow.

3 O LORD, be merciful to us,

to us, O gracious be !
For filled with contempt and fcorn
exceedingly are we.

4 Our fouls are nll'd exceedingly

with feoffs of men at eafe ;
And with the fcorns of .proud men who
from fcoffing never ceafe.
PSALM C£XIV. A Song of Degrees ofDwid.

1 tjAD not VeJfiORD been on our fide
■"■ may Mi now confefs ;

2 Had nojklie LORD appear'd for us,

in o^extreme diftrefs ; ^

3 When men againft us rofe, inflam'd

with rage and cruelty ;
Like rav'nous beafts they us alive
had fwallow'd inftantly,

R4 4°r

248 PSALM CXXV.

4 Or like ore'flowing waters, they
had rag'd without controul ;
5 The waters proud, the mighty ftreams
had overwhelm'd our foul.

6 Then ever praifed be the LORD,

who fav'd from inftant death ;
And would not give us up a prey
to their devouring teeth.

7 Our foul efcap'd is as a bird

out of the fowler's fnare :
The fnare afunder broken is,
and we efcaped are.

8 Our fure and alfufficient help

is in JEHOVAH's name \
Who all the glorious heav'ns around,

and all the earth did frame.
P & \A L M CXXV. A Song of De?r„s
i ^LL thofe who in JEHOVAH truft
ihall like mount Zion be ;
Which mall not be remov'd, but ftands
to perpetuity.
2 See how around Jerufalem,
the mountains (land on high ;
The LORD his people fo Surrounds
hence to eternity.
\ For, finners rod upon the lot
of juft men ihall not lie ;
Left righteous men ftretch forth their hands

to do iniquity.
To a!f who are fincerely o-ood

thy goodnefs LORD impart ;
And Jet it freely flow to all,
who are of upright heart.
But thofe who turn to crooked w3rS;

the LORD will make to^o
With workers of iniquity, C
but Ifr'eJ peace fhali know. PSALM

P S A L M C\\VI,C\XVII. 249

p S M CXXVJ; Ah >:■ ifDcgrui.

i \JI/Uv:n t'i ivity the LORD

* * his Zion did redeem :
We in .m extacy of I

who dream.

2 Then were our mouths with laughter fill'd,

ith (hours did found :
I ) hath done great things for them,'
. freely own'd.

3 C j i s and marvellous for us,

the L( >1<I ) hath done indeed \
In the furpri^io eof

hearts with joy exceed.

>RD, our remaining captives bring

home from the bai b'rous foe,
Like cooling ilreams which in the fouth

to thirfly regions flow.

«5 Who low in tears (hall reap in joy :
Who going forth, did mourn,
Baring choice feed ; Hull fill'd with joy,
bringing full theaves return.

A L M CXXVIT.
A Sov% of Solomon,

i FTNlefs JEHOVAH builds the houfe,
^ \ a a i-. the workman's pain :
the LORD the city keeps,
tchmen watch in vain ;

2 Tis r you to rife betimes,

:n red to keep,
Or eat the bread of care : 'tis He
gives iiis beloved tleep.

3 Lo, children arc an heritage,

alone beftows :
;rd
m his bountv Hows,

4 As

*53 PSALM CXXVIII.

4 As arrows in a mighty hand

when enemies are near ;
So children grown up in their youth
to their glad parents are.

5 How happy is the man who hath

his quiver full of thofe !

For he undaunted in the gate,

will fpeak to all his foes.

PSALM CXXVIII. A Song of Degree.

1 tlOW greatly blefTed is the man,
•*"■*■ how bleffed all his days,

Who fears JEHOVAH, and who walks
uprightly in his ways.

2 For thy hands labour thou (halt eat

and happy (halt thou be :

In all the changes of thy life,

it mall be well with thee.

3 Thy wife (hall like a fruitful vine

by thy houfe fide be found ;
Thy children like fair olive plants
adorn thy table, round.

4 Lo thus the man who fears the LORD

fhall greatly blefled be !

5 Yea more, the LORD from Zion will

his blefTing fend to thee.

The good of our Jerufalem,

her great felicity,
Thou (halt thro' all thy lengthned life

with raifed pleafure lee.

6 Yea of thy children's children thou

(halt fee a glad increafe,

And our dear land of Ifrael,

in all the joys of peace.

Lpnr

H'

PSALM CXXIX. 251

[ Lmg Metre. J

OW blcfs'd is he who fears the LORD
And walks in his appointed ways.

2 For thy hands labour thou (halt eat,
And (halt be happy all thy days.

3 Thy wife (hall like a goodly vine
By thy houfe fide be fruitful found :
Thy children like fair olive plants,
Adorn thy cheerful table round.

4 Lo thus the man who fears the LORD,
With earthly good fhall blelTed be :

5 Yea more, the LORD from Zion hill
Will heav'nly bleffings fend to thee.
The good of our Jerufalem,

Thou all thy happy life (halt view.

6 Thy children's children thou (halt fee,
And peaceful times on Ifr'el too.

PSALM CXXIX. A Song of Degrees.

1 (~\Ft from my youth they me diftrefs'd,

^ may Ifr'el fay with joy ;

2 Oft from my youth, they me diftrefs'd,

but never could deftroy.

3 My back as ploughers, oft they plough'd,

and furrows long did make ;

4 But the j uft LORD, the wicked's cords

did all afunder break.

5 All thofe who Zion hate (hall be

confounded and o'erthrown ;

6 Shall be as grafs on houfes tops,

which fades before tis grown.

7 Whereof enough to fill his hand

the mower cannot find ;
Much lefs can he his bofom fill,
whofe work is (heaves to bind.

8 Nor

2^2 PSALM CXXX.

$ Nor thofe who pafs by fay— -c On you
< JEHOVAH's bleffing reft ! '
Nor thefe reply-- c In the LORD's name
i we wifh you to be blefs'd !' |j

'PSALM CXXX. A Song of Degrees.
i T ORD ! from the deeps I cry to Thee !
*~* 2 My voice Zs;^ do thou hear !
And to my fupplications voice,

0 give attentive ear !

3 Lord, who can ftand, if thou, O JAH *

fhouldft mark iniquity ?

4 But with Thee there forgivenefs is

that feared thou may'ft be.

5 Therefore for Thee, O LORD, I wait,

my foul (till waits for Thee ;
And on thy known and faithful word

1 hope continually.

6 My foul looks out more for the Lord,

than watchers in the night ;
Yea more than watchers wearied out,
look for the dawning light.

7 Let Ifrael then wait hopefully,

and on the LORD confide ;
For boundlefs mercies with the LORD
continually refide :

8 Yea plenteous redemption is

eternally with him ;
And Ifr'el He from all their fins
will perfectly redeem.

[ Long Metre. ]
I T ORD, from the deeps I cry to Thee ;
"■^ 2 My voice, Lord^ do Thou kindly hear!
And to my fupplications voice,
O give Thou an attentive ear. 3 O

I Thefe two Verfes reprefent the ancient, pious, mutual
^/#/c/mjofiVlowers,Reapers, & Pa.Tengers in Ifrael,

PSALM CXXXI. 25J

3 O JAH ! if Thou fhouldft mark our fins,
Who can before Thee (land, O Lord?

4 But there forgivenefs is with Thee,
That Thou may'ft humbly be ador'd.

5 I for the LORD wait ; my foul waits,
And I hope in his faithful word :

6 Than watchers for the dawning look,
My foul more looks out for the Lord.

7 Let Ifr'el then wait hopefully,
And ever on the LORD confide ;
For boundlefs mercies with the LORD
To perpetuity abide.

$ Yea plenteous redemption is
Ev'n to eternity with him ;
And Ifr'el He from all their fins
Will to eternity redeem.

PSALM CXXXI.
J Song of Degrees of David.

t TEHOVAH, fee my open heart,
J if it is haughty grown ;
Or if mine eyes are rais'd aloft,

unlefs to Thee alone ;
If 1 in any things too great

and high for me afpire,
To exercife my felf ; or if

too high is my defire.

2 Or if I do not now compofe

my foul to quiet reft,
Ev'n as a young and weaned child,
wean'd from the mother's breaft.

3 Let Ifr'el then look to the LORD,

and his kind aid implore ;
And on his tender care relie,
henceforth and evermore,

[ Short

254 PSALM CXXXII.

[ Short Metre. ]

1 A/fY heart's not haughty, LORD,
^*- nor lofty are mine eyes :

In things too great or high for me
is not mine exercife.

2 I as a child behave

wean'd from the mother's breaft :
My foul ev'n as a weaned child,
fubmits and lies at reft.

3 Let Ifr'el on the LORD,

reft therefore quietly :
Yea henceforth ever hope and wait,
his faving help to fee.

PSALM CXXXII. A Song of Degrees.

1 T^Avid, anc* a^ ^is troubles, LORD,
-L' O do Thou kindly think upon :

2 How to the LORD he fware, and how
He vow'd to Jacob's mighty one ;

3 Into my tent I will not go,
Nor to my bed for fweet repofe ;

4 No fleep will to mine eyes afford,
Nor flumber (hall my eye-lids clofe ;

5 Until I for the LORD have found
And for his ark a dwelling place ;
For Him who is the mighty One,
Of Jacob, and his favour'd race.

6 Behold at Ephrata we heard
The place of its retired abode ;

And fearch'd till it we found with joy,
In a dark field enclcs'd with wood.

7 We'll go into his facred tents,
Our worfhip at his footftcol pay.

8 Arife, O LORD, into thy reft,

And with thine ark of ftrength there ftay.

9 Let

PSALM CXXXIII. i5S

9 Let righteoufnefs thy priefts adorn,
Thy faints with fhouts their joy difplay :

10 And for thy fervant David's fake ||
Turn thy Messiah % not away.

[ 2 Part. ]

1 1 The LORD to David fware in truth j
The oath he never will difown ;

" I one defcended from thy loins
« Will furely fet upon thy throne :

12 " And if my covenant and law

M That to thy children teach (hall I,

cc They always keep, then fhall their rac©

" Sit on thy throne perpetually.

13 " Becaufe the LORD hath Zion chofe,
" And there defir'd to have his feat j

14 " This is my reft for ever ; here
"' I'll dwell, for I defired it :

15 c< I'll her provifion greatly blefs

" And fatisfy her poor with food :

16 ** Her priefts with my falvation cloath,
" Her faints with joy (hall (hout aloud.

17 " There David's horn I'll make to fpring f
" There my Messiah's * lamp ordain :

18 " With (hame I'll cloath his foes : on Him
" His crown fhall flourim and remain.

PSALM CXXXIII.
A Song of Degrees of David.
I "nEhold, how good it is,
■*^ and what a joy to fee,
When brethren with each other dwell

in love and unity. 2 'Tij

(] i.e. thy Promife made to David.

% Heh. — Messiah : and fo the Sept. CW^,anciea:
Latin, & Arab. i. e. either David (or Solomon^ the
Cbaldet) the Typical Mess 1 AH,or Christ the ReaL

\ See the Hebrew Lexicons*

B]

*$6 PSALM CXXXIII.

2 'Tis like the precious oyl,

they pour'd on Aaron's head ;
Which down his hair and garment flow'd.
and fragrant odours fpread.

3 Or as refrefhing dew,

on Hermon's mount diftills ;
Or like the pearly drops that mine,

on Zion's joyful hills.
For there the LORD commands,

and doth his bleffing give,
The foretafte of that bleffednefs
which fhall for ever live.

[ Hallelujah Metre. ]
Ehold how good it is,

and what a pleafing fight.
When brethren dwell in lovey
and cordially unite ;
When all agree
to act their part
as with one heart
In charity.

'Tis like the precious oyl

that gave a fragrant fmell ;
Which pour'd on Aaron's head,
adown his locks it fell ;
From whence it (lied
along his bread
down to his veft,
And odours fpread.

Or as refrefhing dew

on Hermon's mount diftills ;
Or like the drops that mine
on Zion's joyful hills.
The LORD on high
there bleffing gives,
and blifs that lives
Eternally. P S

PSALM CxXXIV,CXXXV. 257

PSALM CXXXIV. A Song of Degree*.

r oEhold, blefs ye the LORD,
*^ ye the LORD'S fervants all,
Who in the LORD's houfe ftand by night,
and- there upon Him call.
I Lift up your hands ; the LORD

blefs in his holy place.
5 The LORD, who heav'n and earth has made,
thee out of Zion blefs.

[ Hallelujah Metre. ]
; Y"E fervants of the LORD,

* who in the LORD's houfe wait,
And keep your watch before
the threfhold of his gate ;
The LORD's praife fing
by filcnt night
'till cheerful light
Of morning fpring.
Lift in his holy place,

your joyful hands on high ;
And fay, the LORD we blefs*
who made the earth and fkie*
And may he frill
thee greatly blefs
with joy and grace,
From Zion-hili.

PSALM CXXXV.

OSing ye Hallelujah * now,
And praife JEHOVAH s holy name ;
O all ye fervants of the LORD,
His praifes all abroad proclaim.
Ye who within the houfe do fiand,
Wherein the LORD has his abode ;
And in the court-yards of his houfe,
Who is by covenant our God,

S 3 Sing

z$3 PSALM CXXXV.

3 Sing Hallelujah *j for the LORD
Is good : fing praifes to his name j
For it is fweet to be employ'd

His praife in finging to proclaim.

4 For the eternal JAH * hath chofe,
Jacob for his propriety ;

And his peculiar treafure hath,
He taken Ifrael to be.

5 For well we know, the LORD is great,
And that this fov'reign Lord of ours
Tranfcends all that are called Gods,
And reigns o'er all created powers.

6 In heav'n and earth the LORD hath done,
Whatever his own mind did pleafe ;

In the deep caverns of the earth,
And in the great and fwelling feas.

7 From the wide furface of the earth
He makes the vapours to arife j

He makes the lightning for the rain,
And winds brings from his treasuries.

I 2 Part. ]

8 Egypt's firlt born, both man and beaft

9 He flew : and wondrous tokens He
On Pharaoh and his fervants fent,

i O Egypt in the midit of thee.

10 Great nations fmote, great kings he flew,

11 Sihon, who was of Helhbon king,
And Og of Ba(han ; and to nought
All Canaan's kingdoms he did bring.

tl And gave their land an heritage,

To his own people Ifrael.
13 O LORD, eternal is thy name,

LORD, endlefs thy memorial,

14 JEHO

P S AZ M GXXXVL 2S9

14 JEHOVAH will his people judge,
And for his fervants turn again.

15 The heathen idols filver are

And gold ; the handy work of men.

16 Mouths have they, yet they cannot fpeak ;
And they have eyes, but never law ;

17 Ears have they, yet they nothing hear ;
Their mouths no breath can ever draw.

18 Such fenfelefs flocks are they themfelves,
Who did thefe fenfelefs idols frame ;
And fuch are all who to them pray,
And put their confidence in them.

19 O houfe of lfr'el blefs the LORD :
The LORD blefs— who of Aaron's are :

20 The LORD, O houfe of Levi blefs :

The LORD blefs ye, the LORD who fear.

a 1 From Zion-hill his facred feat>
O let JEHOVAH blelTed be ;
Who dwells within Jerufalem :
O fing, fing Hallelujah * ye.

PSALM CXXXVI.

1 r\ Thank the LORD ; for he is good,
^ For ever are his mercies fure :

2 Thanks give ye to the God of God's ;
His mercies evermore endure.

3 Thanks give ye to the Lo?d of Lords ; f
For ever are his mercies fure :

4 Him who alone does wonders great j
His mercies evermore endure.

5 To Him whofe wifdom made the heav'ns $
For ever are his mercies fure :

6 Who o'er the waters fpread the earth ;
His mercies evermore endure.

S 2 7 To

+ Adm Jdammt

s6o P S A L M CXXXVI.

7 To Him who made great lights to lliine ;

For ever are his mercies fure.
% The fun to guide and rule the day,

His mercies evermore endure.

9 The moon and ftars to rule the night ;

For ever are his mercies fure.
io Who the nrft born of iEgypt fmote ;
His mercies evermore endure.

1 1 Who from among them Ifr'el brought ;
For ever are his mercies fure.

12 With a ftrong hand and itretch'd out arm \
His mercies evermore endure.

J 3 Who the red fea afunder clave ;
For ever are his mercies fure.

14 And thro' the midft made Ifr'el go ;
His mercies evermore endure.

15 But there drown'd Pharoah and his hofV;
For ever are his mercies fure.

16 His people thro' the defart led,
His mercies evermore endure.

1 7 To Him who mighty kings did fmite ;
For ever are his mercies fure.

18 And famous kings in battle flew ;
His mercies evermore endure.

19 King Sihon of the Amorites ;
For ever are his mercies fure.

20 And Ogg of balhan mighty king ;
His mercies evermore endure.

*i And gave their land an heritage :
For e\er are his mercies fure.

22 To his dear fervant Ifrael ;
His mercies evermore endure.

23 Who minds us in our low eftate ;
For ever are his mercies fure.

24 And who redeems us from our foes,

His mercies evermore endure. 25 Wh<?

PSALM CXXXVII. 261

25 Who to all flefh gives proper food ;
For ever are his mercies hire.

26 O to the God of heav'n give thanks,
His mercies evermore endure.

PSALM CXXXVII.
I A S by the ftreams of babylon

-**' We captives fat with anxious fears ;
Then we dear Zion thought upon,
And melted into ftreams of tears.
'2 Our harps, our instruments of joy,

Which us'd with chearful fongs to found,
We hung upon the willow trees
Which on the ihaded banks abound.

3 Becaufe * our foes, who all confpir'd
To triumph in our flavifh wrongs ;
Mufick and mirth of us requir'd ;

4 Come fing us one of Zion's fongs.'

4 But, ah ! how cou'd we guide our hands
To play, with hearts fo full of woes ?
Sing Zion's fongs in heathen lands,
JEHOVAH's hymns to c hear his foes ?

5 O dear Jerufalem ! if I
Ever of thee forgetful grow ;
Let me 'the f&ill of my right hand
For ever wholly ceafe to know.

6 Let my tongue to my palate f cleave5
If thee remember ihould not I,

Or don't prefer Jerufalem,
Above my higheft earthly joy*

7 LORD, Thou remembreft Edorn's fon*
Who on JerulalenVs fad day,

•6 To the foundation raze her ! cry'd ;
* Raze, raze her ! ' out aloud cry'd they.

S3 8 O

t i.e. Tire Roof of ' tbeMouth — as all iheFer/tons, Lexicons
and IVriien of Anatomy bota iwLattn & £n^/^,tcftif/.

2<5e PSALM CXXXVIIL

8 O Babel's daughter ! doom'd to fall !
That conqueror || (hall blefTed be,
Who, juft as thou haft: done to us,
Will do in righteoufnefs to thee !

9 Yea, he (hall blefTed be by heav'n,
Who (hall by heav'n employed be,
Upon the (tones to dafh thy face,
And end thy cruel progeny.

PSALM CXXXVIII. {APfalm) e/David.f

1 ^llTlth all my heart I'll Thee confefs,

* * to Thee my thanks will bring,
And openly before the Gods, J
I'll praifes to Thee fing.

2 Towards thy houfe of holinefs *

I'll bow and worfhip Thee ;
And thy great name to celebrate,
mail my employment be.

But chiefly for thy love and truth

thy praifes I'll proclaim ;
For over all, Thou, by thy word,

haft: magnify 'd thy name.

3 The very day I cry'd to Thee,

Thou kindly didft reply ;
And Thou didft: fortify my foul
with ftrength in full fupply.

4 All kings throughout the joyful earth,

(hall give Thee praife, O LORD,
When of thy mouth they come to hear
the true and faithful word.

5 Yea, they with raifed joy (hall fing

along JEHOVArTs ways;
For great the glory of the LORD,

and great is all his praife. 6 The

jj Who proved to be that glorious Conqueror Cyrus.

f Cbaidee—Ky the Hand of David.

% It may mean both Mighty Men and Jxgets.

PSALM CXXXIX. 26%

6 The LORD, tho' high, yet kindly looks

on thofe who lowly are ;
But thofe exalted high with pride,
he knows and keeps afar.

7 Altho' 1 walk amidft diftrefs,

Thee quick'ning me I have :
Thine hand ihall l'mite my raging foes,
and thy right hand me fave.

8 The LORD will perfect what I want :

thy mercy ever ftands ;
JEHOVAH, O forfake Thou not
the works of thine own hands.

PSALM CXXXIX. APfalm of David.

1 r\ LORD, Thou doft me fearch and know :
^ 2 Thou know'ft my fitting down ;
My riling up, and all my tho'ts,
to Thee far off are known.

3 Thou compaiTeft my path and bed,

and knoweft all my ways :

4 And ev'ry word that moves my tongue*

O LORD, thine eye furveys.

5 Thou haft befet me round about,

and on me laid thy hand.

6 Such knowledge wondrous is to me,

too high to underftand.

7 Where (hall I from thy fpirit go ;

or from thy prefence fly ?
$ If heav'n I climb, lo Thou art There ;
There if in hell I lie.

9 If morning wings I take, and dwell

where utmoft fea coafts are ;
so Ev'n there thy hand (hall lead me on,

and thy right hand me bear.

S 4 ti Or

264 PSALM CXXXIX.

11 Or if I fay, the darknefs fhall

conceal me from thy fight ;
The darker) night (hall then to Thee,
around me, all be light.

12 For darknefs darkens not to Thee ;

but night as day mines clear :
Thick darknefs and the mining light
to Thee alike appear.

[ 2 Part. ]

13 Becaufethou haft pofleft my reins,

and fafely cover'd me
Within my tender mother's womb ;

14 my praife fhall be of Thee :
For fearfully and wondroully,

Thou didft my frame compofe ;
Thy works in me are marvellous-;
and that my foul well knows.

15 When firft I was in fecret made,

my fubfhnce Thou didft know ;
"\VLhile I moft curioufly was wrought,
as in dark caves below.

16 Thine eyes my ihapelefs fubftance faw

and written in thy book
Were all my members tho' not made,
which after fafhion took.

17 How precious alfo to my foul

are thy fweet thoughts become ?
O God, how numerous they grow,
how vaft their growing fum ?
j 8 If I mould number them, their fum
more than the fand would be :
And ftill whenever I awake
i prefent am with Thee.

[3 Part'

PSALM CXL. i*5

[ 3 P*rt- ']

19 O God, Thou fureiy wilt them flay,

who wicked perfons are :
And therefore all ye men of blood,
depart from me afar.

20 For they againft Thee wickedly

fpeak out with tongues profane :
And they who are thine enemies,
take thy great name in vain.

21 JEHOVAH ! hate I not all thofe,

who hatred (how to Thee ?
And thofe who up againft Thee rife,
am I not griev'd to fee ?

22 Yea I abhor them utterly,

who up againft Thee rife ;
And all who (how themfelves thy foes,
I count mine enemies.

23 O gracious God, I beg Thee make

a thorough fearch of me ;
And know my heart, me ftriclly try,
my thoughts within rae, fee.

24 And fee if any way of fin %

in me indulged be ;
And in thy way to endlefs blifs
for ever lead Thou me.

P S A L M CXL. APfalmofDwM.

1 ,r ORD, fave me from malicious men,
■*-^ fuch as injurious are ;

2 Who mifchief in their hearts contrive,

and daily meet for war.

3 Like ferpenrs they make (harp their tongues

for piercing calumnies ;
Conceiv'd beneath their guileful lips

the adder's poifon lies. 4 LORD

X So the Septuagint and ArabicL

%66 P S H L M CXL.

4 LORD, keep me from ungodly hands,

from vi'lent men me fave ;
Who to o'erthrow me in my fteps
a wicked purpofe have.

5 The proud for me have hid their fnares,

and cords to draw their net,
Which they have fpread acrofs my paths,
and traps for me have fet.

6 O LORD, Thou art my God, I cry'd ;

whom I Jove, chufe and fear ;
O to my fupplications voice
LORD, give a gracious ear.

7 O Lord JEHOVAH, Thou the {length

of my faWation waft ;
And in the day of battle Thou '
my head fafe cov'red haft.
[ 2 Part. ]

8 Grant not, O LORD, what wicked men

defire unrighteously ;
Nor further Thou their ill defigns,
left they triumph on high.

9 But for the leading heads of thofe

who round encompafs me ;
Ev'n with the mifchief of their lips
they quite mail cover'd be.

10 On them (hall burning coals be caft >

and He will make them fall,
Into deep pits and glowing fire,
to rife no more at all.

11 The man of evil tongue (hall not

at peace on earth arrive :
Evil mall chafe the violent
and to deftruction drive.

12 The LORD, I know, for the opprcfs'd

and poor will judgment give.

13 Surely the juft fhall praite thy name,

and in thy prefcnce live. PSJL

PSALM CXLL 267

PSALM GXLI. A Pjahn of Dxvld.

1 r\ LORD, to Thee I call aloud !
^ O make Thou hade to me,
And hearken to my earneft voice,

now while I cry to Thee !

2 O let my prayV before thy face *

as fragrant incenfe rife ; J
The lifting of my hands accept
as ev'ning facrifice.

3 O let a conftant watch before

my hafty mouth, O LORD ;
And of my lips keep Thou the door,
againft each evil word.

4 Let not my heart incline to ill ;

nor let me ever fhare
With evil men in evil deeds ;
nor on their dainties fare.

5 Me, let the righteous kindly finite,

and that I'll kindly take ;
Their juft reproofs (hall fall fo foft,

my head they (hall not break.
But as an oyl of great efteem,

I (hall it highly prize ;
And in requital pray for them

in their calamities.

tj And when by || judges they fhall be
in ftony places cafl: ;
My kind words they (hall hear, and they
fhall fweet be to their tafte.
7 About the grave's wide open mouth,
our bones are fcatter'd round,
As wood, which hewers cut and cleave,
lies fcatter'd on the ground. 8 But

f Arah. \ This fecms to be the trueVerfion : and both
thcCba/dte, & Gyer, in Pol. Synop. feem to favour i£.

voice

s68 PS A L M CXLII.

8 But O JEHOVAH,! ./, to Thee

din • ' s :

My foul, C) leave not deftitute :

on i ;->.

9 () keep me hum the hands of thofe

who fnares have laid t< i i
And from the feeret nets of thofc
who work iniqu

10 Into the nets winch they have fet
thall the ungodly fall ;
While I, for whom they were prcpar'd,
pafs * and cfcape them all.

P S A L At CXLII. Af^a/David |

J Prayer when be was in ;

1 T To JEHOVAH with my
-*■ exprefs'd aloud mv I
In Amplications to the lA >KD,

I rais'd my voice on high,

2 Before his face • I poured out

my forrowful complaint ;
Before his prefence I declared
the grict I underwent.

3 In me my fpirit was o'erwhelm'd ;

my path was known to Ti.
And in the way I was to go
they hid a fnare for me.

4 On my right hand I look'd and view'd,

but none would know me there ;
Ail human refuge failed me j
none for my foul would care.
_5 Then to the LORD I cry'd, and faid \
Thou (halt my refuge be,
And in the land of living ones,
my portion is in Thee.

6 Becauf*

P S A L M CXLIII. 269

6 Becaufe I'm brought exceeding low,

O lilten to my cry ;
Me from my pcrfecutors fave,
who . ftronger arc than I.

7 From out of prifon bring my foul,

to fing loud praife to Thee ;
The jult will circle me with joy,
when Thou fhalt favour me.

PSALM CXLIII. A PfilmofDwid.

1 ir ORD, hear my humble pray'r to Thee#
"■"* and to my cries attend ;

And in thy truth and righteoufnefs
a] gracious anfvver fend.

2 O with thy fervant enter not

in judgment me to try ;
For in thy fight no irnii alive,
himfelf can juftify.

3 The foe purfues my foul, my life

down to the ground doth tread,
In darknefs makes me dwell as thofe
that ages have been dead.

4 Therefore my foul is overwhelm'd

with great perplexity ;
My heart, of joy and comfort is
made defolate in me.

5 I call'd to mind the days of old,

on all thy works I thought ;
I meditated on the deeds

thy mighty hands have wrought.

6 And nowl earneftly to Thee

reach mine out-ttretched hands ;
My foul for Thee with ardour longs,
like dry and thirfty lands.

[ 2 Part,

*7o PSALM CXLIV.

[ 2 Fart. ]

7 LORD hear with fpeed, my fpirit fails :

hide not thy face from me ;
Left I like thofe who in the grave
defcend, mould quickly be.

8 Let me thy kindnefs early hear $

in Thee my hope I place :
Shew me the way wherein to go ;
my foul to Thee I raife.

9 JEHOVAH, from mine enemies

quickly deliver me :
To hide me fafe beneath thy wings
in hafte I fly to Thee.

10 Teach me to do thy will, becaufe

Thou art my GOD indeed :
Let thy good fpirit to the land
of uprightnefs me lead.

11 Yea for the fake of thy great name,

O LORD, revive Thou me ;
And in thy righteoufnefs do Thou
my foul from trouble free.

12 Yea, in thy mercy Thou my foes,

wilt quite fupprefs ; || and them
Thou wilt deftroy who vex my foul,
for I thy fervant am.

PSALM CXLIV. (APfalm) ^/David-t

1 r\ Let JEHOVAH Wetted be,
^ who is my rock of might :
My hands he teaches how to war,

my fingers how to fight.

2 My goodnefs, fortreis, my high tow'r,

faviour and fhield is He ;
In whom I truft, and who fubdues
' my people under me. 3 LORD,

( dinfrwortk* f Cbaldee~~fy the Hand of David.

PSALM CXLIV. 271

3 LORD, what is man, that Thou of him

fhouldft any knowledge take ;
Or fon of man, that Thou of him
fo great account doft make ?

4 For man is like to vanity,

uncertain here to (lay ;
His days like (hades of flying clouds
pal's haftily aflvsy.

5 LORD, bow thy heav'ns above, come down $

and with thy thunder's ftroke
Do Thou but once the mountains touch,
and they will rife in fmoke.

6 Caft forth thy lightnings, and difperfe

thine enemies around ;
And make thy piercing arrows fly,
and all their pow'r confound.

7 Thine hand O fend Thou from above9

redeem and refcue me ;
From mighty waters, from the hand
of Grangers fet me free.

8 Whofe evil mouths are wont to fpeak

falfhood f and vanity ; f
And whofe right hand a right hand is
of fraud and perfidy.

[ 2 Pari. ]

9 O God, new fongs I'll fing to Thet,

upon the pfaltery ;
And on a ten-ftring'd inftrument
to Thee fing praife will I.

10 It is He only who to kings

ialvation doth afford ;
And who his fervant David faves

from the deftroying fword.

11 Free
\ The Hdreuo fignifie* Bath,

37« PSALM CXLV.

li Free me from hands of (Irangers Tons,
whofe mouths fpeak vanity.
And whofe right hand a right hand u
of fraud and perfidy.

12 But let our fons in youthful age
as thriving plants appear ;
Daughters like polifh'd corner (tones
which grace a palace fair.
1$ That to afford all kinds of (lores,
our garners may be till'd ;
Our cattle thoufands in our irreets,
yea may ten thoufands yield.

14 Our oxen for their labour (Irong ;

no enemy invade ;
No leading captive ; no complaint
in all our ftreets be made.

15 O happy people they, who are

in fuch a cafe as this ;
But far more happy people they
whofe God JEHOVAH is.

PSALM CXLV. DAviD'sfPyWai of)Praife +

1 X/IY God and king, I'll Thee extoll,
■*■*-* thy name I'll ever blefs ;

2 For ever will I praife thy name

in daily thankfulnefs.

3 Great is the LORD, mod worthy praife ;

his greatnefs fearch exceeds :

4 Age (hall to age extol thy works

and (how thy mighty deeds.

5 Of thy tranfcendcnt comelinefs, *

thy glory, majefty, ||
And of thy admirable works

with pleafure fpeak will 1. 6 Yea,

% Cbaldtt — A Hymn of David.
• Few of the Authors of the metrical Verfioni fccrn U
have Iook'd on thii noble Verfc in the Original*

PSALM CXLV. 173

6 Yea, they (hall of thy mighty works

difcourfe, which dreadful are ;
And I will thy magnificence
to ail the world declare.

7 The mem'ry of thy goodncfs great

they largely ihnll exprefs ;
And (hall in joyful hymns of praife,
ting of thy right'oufnefs.

[ 2 Part. ]

8 Moft gracious our JEHOVAH is,

molt merciful is lie ;
Slow is to anger, and He is
great in benignity.

9 The LORD is pood, and cv'n to all

his goodnefs does appear ;
And over all his works behold
his tender mercies arc.

io LORD, all thy works (hew forth thy praife;

and Thee thy faints (hall blefs :
ii Shall of thy kingdom's glory (peak,

and thy great power exprefs.

12 That fo the fons of men abroad

thy mighty acts may know ; .
And that thy kingdom's majefty
and glory they may (how.

13 Thy kingdom firm eftablifh'd is,

never to know an end ;
And thy fupreme dominion fhall
through ev'ry age extend.

[ 3 Pi*. ]

14 Thofe who juit ready arc to fall,

JEHOVAH doth fuftain ;
And thofe he fees are bowed down
He raifes up as;ain.

* T x5 All

* 74 P S A L M CXLVL

15 All eyes wait on Him, and their food

He in fit feafon gives :

16 His open hand fills the defire

of ev'ry thing that lives.

17 The LORD is juft: in all his ways,

his works are holy all :
*8 He's near to all who call on Him,
in truth that on Him call.

19 He will of them who Him revere,

the juft defire fulfill ;
And He will hear their cry to Him,
and fave them then He will.

20 AH who the LORD fmcerely love

his fafe-guard fhall enjoy ;
But He ail thofe who wicked arc
will utterly deftroy.

21 My mouth the praifes of the LORD,

(hall gratefully exprefs :
And let all fleih his holy name
ever and ever blefs.

PSALM CXLVL

1 Qlng Hallelujah ! * praife the LORD,
° 2 I'll praife JEHOVAH all my days :
O thou my foul ! I'll to my God,
While la being have, fing praife.

3 Truft not in princes, nor mens fons,
Who can no fuccour to you fend ;

4 Their breath expires, to earth they turn,
And all their thoughts that moment end.

5 O blefs'd is he who hath the God
Of Jacob for his conftant aid ;
Whofe lively confidence upon,

, The LORD his God is firmly ftav'd.

6 Who

PSALM CXLVIL 275*

6 Who heav'n, earth, fea, all in them made ;
Who ever doth his truth make good ;

7 Who for th' oppreiTed judgment does ;
And kindly gives the hungry food.

8 JEHOVAHYets the prifoners free,
JEHOVAH fight gives to the blind,
The LORD lifts up the bowed down,
The LORD is to the righteous kind.

9 The LORD the ftr angers doth preferve,
The widows and the orphans raife ; *
But He of them who wicked are
Intirely overthrows the ways.

10 The LORD (hall reign for evermore :
Thy mighty God, O Zion, He

To generations all (hall reign :
Therefore fing Hallelujah, * ye.

PSALM CXLVIL

1 Clng Hallelujah : * for 'tis good
^ praife to our God to fing ;
For the employment is moit fweet,

and praife a comely thing.

2 The LORD Jerufalem rebuilds,

though level'd with the ground ;
And Ifr'cl gathers tho' difpers'd
through all the nations round.

3 The broken hearted ones He heals,

binds up their breaches all :

4 The number of the liars He teils,

and each by name doth call.

5 Great is our Lord, and great in pow'r ;

his knowledge has no bound :

6 The LORD lifts up the meek ; but cafts

the wicked to the ground.

T 2 7 With

nj6 PSALM CXLVIL

7 With thankfulnefs then to the LORD

your cheerful voices raife ;
And on the harp to Him our God,
fing grateful hymns of praife.

8 Who over-fpreads with clouds the fky ;

who for the earth below
Prepares his rain, and makes the grafs
upon the mountains grow.

9 To all the beafts of fields and woods

He gives a full fupply ;
Yea fees and hears the ravens young,
and feeds them when they cry.

10 In horfes ftrength \ or fortitude, f

is none of his delight ;
Nor in the fprightly limbs of men,
mod active in the fight.

ii The LORD in all who fear him takes
a pleafure very great ;
And in all thofe who humbly hope
and on his mercy wait.

[ 2 Part. ]

12 The LORD praife, O Jerufalem,

thy God, O Zion praife ;

13 Who made thy gates and bars fo 'ftrong;

and blefs'd in thee thy race.

14 Who caufes in thy borders peace ;

thy More fo rich to be,
He gives the fineft flower of wheat
a full fupply to thee.

15 He forth on earth fends his decree,

his word is fwiftly paft.

16 He gives the fnow like wool, and doth

hoar froft as afhes cart.

17 His
f The Hebrew fignifies Both.

PSALM CXLVII. 377

17 His ice in hail, like morfels down,

He cafts as with his hand :
Before the fharpnefs of hjs cold
who can endure to ftand ?

18 But then fends forth his mighty word,

bids his warm wind to blow,
Which foon difiblves the parts congeal'd

and makes the waters flow,
j 9 To Jacob He, as his belov'd,

his heav'nly word hath mown :
His (tatutes and his judgments He

to Ifr'el hath made known.

0 With none of all the nations round
fo kindly dealt hath He :
For they his judgments have not known 5
fing Hallelujah, * ye.

[ Hallelujah Metre. ]

T Oud Hallelujah * fing ;
■" for to our God 'tis meet ;
Praife is a comely thing,
and is exceeding fweet.
The LORD doth rear
Jerufalem,
and gather them
That outcafts are.

3 The broke in heart he heals,
binds up their breaches all $
The ftars by number tells,
and each by name doth calh
5 Our Lord we blefs ;

Is great in might, \
and infinite
In wifdom is.

T * 6 The

a7* PSALM CXLVIL

6 The LORD the meek doth raife

the proud brings to the ground :

7 O to the LORD fing praife,

on harps our God's praife found ;
§ Who clouds the fkies,

rains on the ground ;
on mountains round
Makes grais to rife.

9 Ev'n beafts and ravens young

He feeds whene're they call ;
iO In horfe or foot- men ftrong

takes no delight at all :
li The LORD doth place

His pleafure where
men with his fear
Hope in his grace.

12 Salem and Zion praife

the LORD your God in fong 5

13 Who blefTes your lov'd race

and makes your gates fo ftrong.
14. Thy borders ftills

with peace fo fweet :
with fineft wheat
Thy ftores He fills.

15 On earth his orders go

his word is fwiftly pail: :

%6 Like wool doth give the fnow,
hoar-froft as afhes caft.

17 His ice doth fend

like morfels too :
in his cold who
Can fteady ftand ?

18 His word fends, and them thaws :

blows winds, and water flows :

19 Jacob his word, his laws

and judgment Ifrael ihows :

PSALM CXLVIIL 279

io So done hath He

to nations none
his judgments fliown.
jAH,then praife ye.f {\ Hallelujah.)

PSALM CXLVIIL

1 QTng Hallelujah * : praife the LORD
^ ev'n irom the heav'ns on high :

Ye in the heights his praife refound
above the ftarry fky.

2 O all his angels, gladly join

your voices Him to praife,
And all ye heav'nly hofi confpire
his glorious name to raife

3 Praife Him ye mining fun and moon,

that rule the day and night :
Praife IJim in all your various orb^,
ye glittering ftars of light.

4 Praife Him ye heav'ns of heav'ns, which all

the reft in height exceed ;
And all ye watry clouds above
the airy heav'ns out fpread.

5 O let them all confpire to praife

JEHOVAH'S glorious name :
For He commanded, and at once
they into being came.

6 He hath eftablith'd each of them

for ever in its place :
And He has made a firm decree
which none {hall ever pafs.

[ 2 Part. ]

7 O praife JEHOVAH from the earth,

ye dragons, deeps and feas ;

8 Fire, hail, fnow, vapour, ftormy wind ;

fulfilling his decrees,

T 4 9 AH

a8o P S A Z M CXLVIIL

9 All mountains, hills, and fruitful trees <

and all ye cedars high :
io Wild bcafts, all cattle, creeping things

and all ye fowls that fly.
1 t Kings and all people on the earth,
princes, earth's judges all ;

12 Young men and maidens ev'ry where

old men and children fmall.

13 Let all the LORD's name praife, becaufe

his name alone, on high
Exalted is ; his glory fhines
above the earth and fky.

14 His people's Horn, f the praife of all

his faints, exalt wilt He ;
Ev'n Ifr'el's Seed f to Him mod near,
fing Hallelujah, * ye.

[ Hallelujah Metre. ]

1 T,°udHALLE*<UTAH * fing

~ from heav'n JEHOVAH praife
On high \ his honours ring,
and with the 'higheft fays. %

2 Ye angels lead ;

and all his hods
round heav'ns wide coafts
His glory fpread.

3 Praife Him ye fun and moon,

to whom ye owe your light :
Praife Him ye ftars, who run
your glitt'ring courfe by night ;
His praife declare
ye heav'ns on high,
ye clouds that fly
On fluent air.

5 Let

f It may efpedally look to the Messiah. Luk. i 6Q
Cal.nu 16. % The Hdrw including Both.

PSALM CXLIX. 281

5 Let all in this accord

to praife JEHOVAH's name ;
For He but fpake the word,
and they from nothing came :

6 And from the place

where fix'd they be
by his decree
They cannot pafs.
[ 2 Part. ]

7 On earth all praife the LORD ;

ye dragons from your caves ;

And deeps that none can ford,

with all your roaring waves :

8 Fire, hail and fnow ;

and mifty air ;
and dorms that where
He bids them, blow.

9 All hills and mountains high,

trees that with fruit are crown'd,
Cedars that touch the fky ;

10 wild beads that range around ;

All cattle tame,

things low, and high,

that creep, that fly,
His praife proclaim.

1 1 Kings who on earth prefide,

and ail of meaner birth ;
Princes who nations guide,
and judges of the earth ;

12 Ye young men ftrong,

and virgins fair,
heads with grey hair,
And children young.

13 Let all JEHOVAH's name

with praifes celebrate ;
His name alone proclaim

as excellent and great : His

282 PSALM CXLIX.

His glories far

above earth rife,

yea itfmoit fkies, '
And ev'ry ftar.

14 Yea He on high doth raife
His people's horn of might,
And thus infpires with praife
his faints, his foul's delight.
Blefs'd Ifr'el's race,
a people near
and to Him dear :
To JAH fing praife. f (t Hallelujah.)
PSALM CXLIX.

1 Clng Hallelujah * : to the LORD,

a new fong to Him fing :
In the aflembiy of his faints,
make ye his praifcs ring.

2 Let Ifr'el in his makers f be

exceeding glad and fing.
And all who Zion's children are,
exult % in Him their king.

3 O let them with a leaping * joy

give praifes to his name ;
The harp and timbrel join and fing,
aloud his praife proclaim.

4 For in his people whom He chofe

JEHOVAH pleafure takes ;

And with falvation all the meek

moft beautiful He makes.

5 In glory let his holy ones

triumphantly rejoyce ;
And ev'n aloud upon their beds

in fongs lift up their voice. 6 Let

f So the Hebrew— in the Plural Number.
X i. •. Rejoyce exceedingly : fo the /fcj.ty/.ancient
Latin, Cbaldee, Arab, and Montana*.

PSALM CXLIX. 283

6 Let the high praifes of our God,

their mouths with gladnefs yield ;
And let a two-edg'd fword be put
into their hands to weild.

7 Vengeance and judgments to difpenfe

among the heathen lands ;
S To bind their haughty kings in chains,

and peers with iron bands,
o, The judgment written in his word

juftly on them to bring :
This honour is for all the faints :

then Hallelujah * fing.

[ Six Line Long Metre. ]

j Clng Hallelujah * to the LORD,
•^ Let Him for ever be ador'd :

Amidft the faints affembled fing
New fongs of praife for mercies new :

2 Joy in his maker, lfr'el (hew ; _

And Sion triumph in their King.

3 Exult in Him ye facred Quire, f
With the fweet timbrel and the lyre t

Sing forth and found aloud his praife.

4 The LORD doth in his flock delight,
Will fave with his refiftlefs might

The meek, and them to honour raife.

5 Triumph ye faints with cheerful voice,
With fhouts for glory gain'd rejoyce,

And on your beds exprefs your joy :

6 To God your mouths high praifes yield,
A two edg'd fword let your hands weild

7 His foes and heathen to deftroy.

' 8 To

f i. e.— a Eody of Singers, t *• C the Harp.

*«4 PSALM CL.

8 To bind their haughty kings in chains,
In non-bands their noble trains •

On them his wrath decreed to pour.

9 The faints /hall this great honour have
I o quell Ins foes and Zion fave.

&ing Hallelujah * evermore.
PSALM CL.

1 SIxfr.H^L^ELUJAH ! *Praife >e God

Withmhis place of fandity ;

™e,H'm al] round the firmament,
Which (hows his wondrous pow'r on high.

2 O praife Him for his mighty deeds : *
£raife for his greatnefs without bound,
nis excellencies infinite. ||

3 Praife Him with trumpets lofty found.
Praife with the pleafant pfaltery,

, £ndrw|th the harp's melodious noife :

4 praife Him with timbrel's virgin airs,
And pipes exciting leaps of joys :
With harpficords and organs praife :

5 ™f«»P«ift ^ with cymbals loud and high.
a. \kJAH> ° ev ry JjvinS thing : *
And Hallelujah * mout for joy.

|| The ^.literally flgnifying thMaa^o/Jh'sGr^
nefii and fo the ^,. ^ anaentZ*,. Cbald.ArabSc
«f »T 5/nd.uM GrCatnefs aPPlied tQGod extendi
prized ttnbUteS' thCfcldCaS »*■«**?£

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( *S5 )
The Song of Songs jNhich is Solomon's.

Being Poetical Dialogues, in the mojl admirable Strains,
between the Church and CHRIST, w/^/V^ the ancient
Jevvifh Church, to whom the infpiredApofile Paul tells us
were committed [/ e by her h ifpind Prophet v] the Ora-
cles of God, receivd and carefully kept, nxith the other
Scripture of the Old Tefament ; and the fame Apofle
affures aj.Thatali Scripture is given by Infpiration of
God,& is profitable forDoclrine.Cifr. And in this infpi-
red Song thcPious<2 Learned of all Ages, have 'vicwedKlng
Solomons /iv Typical Messiah, and King Pharoah'*
Daughter, the moft beautiful & accomplijFd Princelt of
herAge,as a li<vt)yTyve of the Church of the Mess I ah,
Ifraelitiih Then, <WChriftian Now : Pfalm xlr, being
an happy Key to This Divine Treafury — full of the
mojl pure, tender and fublime Hints, which holy Souls
Lave had a mojl grateful Relijb of, in all Ages, See
i King, iv, 32. Ifai, liv. 5. Ix i. 4,5. Jer. ii. 2,3. Hof.
ii. 7,16 — 20. Mat. ix. 15. Mark'ii. 19, 20. Luk. v.
34,35. Joruiii. 29. |j 2 Cor.xi. 2>. Eph. 5. 29—32.
Rev. xix. 7— -9 xxi, 2.

CHAP. I.

The Church.

2 T Et Him with kiffes of his mouth,

be pleafed me to kifs : (1)
-■ — ^ For better than the choiceft wine
thy lovingkindnefs is.

3 Thy name as ointment poured out :

for that moll fragrant fmeli
Of thy choice ointments (2) therefore do
the virgins (2) l°ve Thee well. 4 O

(1) i e. Give me the kind Expreffions of his peculiar

and dear Affeclion ; as He does in ver. 8 1 1 & other

Places. (2 ) Thy Names, Endowments, Graces,Oi7i-

ces, Word, Ordinances, Titles, Influences, Benefits.

•(3) i. e. Pure and holy Souls.

286 Solomon's SONG.

4 O draw Thou me, and readily

we will run after Thee :
Into his fecret chambers hath

the King conducted me. (4)
We will be glad, and will in Thee

exceedingly delight ;
Thy love remember more than wine :

love Thee do the upright.

5 O daughters of Jerufaiem !

I'm black ; and yet you own
I'm comely as the Kedar tents,
and beds (5) of Soiomon.

6 Becaufe I blackifh am, therefore

upon me look, not ye ;
Becaufe the fun with fcorching beams,
has looked fierce on me. (6)

My mother's fons difpleas'd with me, (7}

vineyards did me affign
To keep : whereas I fcarce could keep

the vineyard fingly mine. (8)

7 Tell me Thou whom my foul does love,

where Thou thy iced doft take «,
And where at noon-time Thou thy flock
to reft doft kindly make. For

{4) i.e. Led me into retired, holy, and int'mate Com-
munion with Him. (5) Jf the Hebrew fignifies Car-
tains ; then by a ufual Figure, it feems to mean, the
beautiful Coach-Beds of Solomon fomevih&t in theForm
of Tents, with all the'.rCurtains,Cancpies and other Fur-
niture from Top toBottom ; and tho' (he's black with
Taints of $in.yet comely in herGraces (6) TheGlory
of this lower lVorld,w\th it's black'ning Influence, tho' it
could have no fuchlnfluence onCHR 1 sT,il^/.iv.8,- 1 1 .

(7) For my profefiing the true and pure Religion.

(8) They made me promote their earthly Delights,
which are their Vineyards', when I could not duly
keep my QwnVi'/ieyard, which is my/fo?r/,Prov.iv.2^.

Solomon's SONG. 287

For wherefore fhould I be as one,

who vailed, turns away
From thy companions (g) and their flocks

and fadly goes aftrav ?

[ CHRIST. 1

8 Moft fair of women, know'ft thou not ?

then by the riock-fteps go,
Till to the fhepherds tents (10) you come :
and feed thy kids there too.

9 To troops ( 1 1) in Pharoah's chariots I

will Thee my love compare.

10 Thy neck with chains ; with rows of gems

thy comely cheeks appear.

1 1 [Yet that thou may (I be comelier ftill,

and as becoming mine,]
We'11 make thee ornaments of eold,
with iilver fpangles lhine. {12)
[ The Church. J

12 While the King at his table fits

my fpikenard-ointment (13J fends
And fpreads its fragrance all around,
to pleafe Him and his friends.

13 As a frefh bunch of fragrant myrrh,

is my belov'd to me ;
Which conftantly * between my breafts

mall my companion be. 14 As;

(9) Thy faithful Under-Shepherds. (10) The Places
of pure, pubHck Worfhip, ( 1 1 ) Beautiful forShapes,
Colours, Ornaments, Livelinefs, Air and Majefty.
( i 2) Notwithstanding all your prefentOrnaments and
Beauties, Gifts and Graces, ; We (my Father, T,
and the Holy Spirit) will make you Hill more glo-
rious. (13 ) i. e. an oderiferous Ointment made of
Spikenard, a fragrant Root of India : and may lignify
the Graces of her Heart flowing forth in her Lips,
Countenance,Behaviour,gracious Exercife3, Speeches,
Prayers, Thanks, Praifes, &c.

288 Solomon SONG,

[ CHRIST. ]

14 As a ripe camphire-clufter in

Engedi's vineyard grown ; (14)
So my beloved is to me
a perfect, lovely one.

15 Lo fair, my Love, lo fair art Thou !

thine eyes as doves eyes are :

16 Lo fair tranfcendent]y Thou art, (15)

and fweet as Thou art fair !
Cur bed of reft is richly green,
most grateful to the eyes : ( i'6)

17 Our houfes * beams of cedar are,

of firr'our galleries. (17)

CHAP. II.

[ CHRIST. J

1 T Sharon's roi'e, and Jilly am,
-*■ which in the valley grows :

2 As hllies among thorns, my Love

among the daughters (hows.
[ The Church, j

3 As th' apple-tree among the woods,

which fruit moft beauteous bears ; '
So my moll: dear beloved one

among the fons appears :
I with great joy fat in his fhade ;

his fruit molt fweet did prove :

4 Ke brought me to his banquet-houfe ;

his banner o'er me love. 5 With

(14I It feeros to be a cluikr of the fined Fruit, for Beau-
ty, Taftc, end Flavour, in the exceeding rich Vine-
yards of Eagedi. (ic) The Hebrew ilrongly implies
all This. (16) As Green \s a Colour very pleafing to
the Eyes ; fo our retired Place of holy ReftandCom-
munion is efpecially del ghtful. (17) Red Ctdarzn-X
I? bite Ftrr, or Cypy(/s ; both of them oderiferous,un-
corrup:, ar.d beautiful: and may mean the Divine
Infthuiions in the Pisces of Vuhuck Worfity.

Solomon's SONG. 289

5 With flaggons flay, with apples cheer,

for faint with love am I.

6 Under my head his left hand doth,

his fight above me lie. ( i)

I O daughters of Jerufalem,

wake not my Love, nor raife,
By roes and hinds of all the fields,
I charge you till He pleafe.

8 O tis the voice of my Belov'd !

upon the mountains He,
As roes or fawns bound o'er the hills,
fo leaping comes, I fee !

9 But now behind our wall He ftands,

and thro' the window views ?
I fee Him thro' the Latices ; (2)
how lovelily He mews !

10 Then my Beloved call'd to me,

to me did kindly fay ;

[ Christ. ]
c Arife my Love, my faireft one,
' make hafte and come away !

II c For lo the winter now is paft,

* the rain entirely gone :

12 c The ftow'rs appear all o'er the earth,

* the finging birds come on !

1 The turtle's foft and melting voice
c thro' all the land I hear :

13 c The fig-tree, fee, puts forth her figs ;

' the young and green appear !
c The vines with their young tender grapes

* around perfume the air : (3)

* Arife my Love, my faired one ;

6 come,ftay no longer there !' V 14 O

(1) i. e. He upholds and protects me as kis own.
(2) Thro' hisWord and Ordinances, by divine Illumi-
nation, and the open Eye of Faith. (3) A ff ring-
like Revival of lively and pure Religion.

-^9° Solomon's SONG.

14 O Thou my dove, in clefts of rocks,

m fecret flairs ! Jet me
Hear thy fweet voice ! thy comely face
O let me gladly fee ! (4) *

[ The Church. ]

15 The foxes take for us away,

the Jittle foxes (5) there',
Who fpoil the vines ; and then the vines
their tender grapes will bear.

16 My moft Beloved one is mine,

and I am wholly his :
Among the lillies of the vales

his pleafant feeding is. (6)
1/ Till the day break, and fhades fly hence,

turn my Belov'd to me ;
And like a roe or fawn upon

the Bether mountains be !

CHAP. HI.

[ The Church. ]

1 R n'ght as on mY bed I lay,

when I awak'd, I fought
For the Beloved of my foul ;

I fought, but found Him not » (1)

2 Now I'll arife, and in the ftreets,

and all broad places round,
Him I will feek whom my foul loves -
I fought, but had not found. 3 The

(4i; Jo0^ideS K^f lr°m meetin?Him in fomepub-
J ckOrd.nances,thro' fhame for herUnfitnefs. (r) Lit-
tle, butfubtil, lurking and deceitful Enemies / who
greatly hmder the flouriflhing of Truth and Holinef,
in the Vineyards or Churches of Chrift. (6) He 1
more delights in innocent 3c hojy Souls, than ever any
did in the wh«fft and fweeteft Lillies of the Valley
(r) When I had indued my felf in earthly eafemd
negligence. '

Solomon's SONG. 29 r

» The watchmen, as I went about
the city, met with me ;
Of them I afk'd ; Him whom my foul
molt loves, O did you fee ?
I But 'twas a very little fpace
that I from them had pair,
E're Him whom my foul loves I found,
I feiz'd and held Him fait.

Nor wou'd I let Him go till I

had brought Him in to fee
My mother's houfe, her chamber too

who had conceived me.
; O daughters of Jerufalem,

wake not my Love, nor raife ;
By roes and hinds of aJl the fields,

I charge you, tjll He pleafe.

[ Daughters of Jerufalem. ]
? Who's (he * that from the defart comes, (2)
as incenfe-pillars rife ?
Perfum'd with myrrh and frankincenfe,
and powders all of fpice ? (3J
) Behold the ftately bed of reft
which is King Solomon's,
And round it threefcore valiant men
of Ifr'el's valiant fons.

8 So dreadful to their enemies,

all warriours fkill'd in fight ;
Their ready fwords girt on their thighs
becaufeof fear by nighty

9 Of wood of Lebanon the King

a ftately couch has made : (4)

10 Its pillars are of iilver form'd, _

gold for it's bottom laid. V 2 Of

(2) The Defart was in her way from Egypt to the
Hoh Land. (3) Syriack— with all the fine Powders
of Spices. (4) A ftately Couch rais'd onPillars with
an arched Canopy fpreading over it.

ip 2 Solomon's SONG,

Of purple is the canopy,
arch'd over all above,
For daughters of Jerufalem,
the midft is fpread with love.
II O Zion's daughters, go ye forth,
with rais'd delight behold
King Solomon all glorious with
his diadem of gold :

The crown which on his nuptial day

his mother on him plac'd ;
The day when gladnefs fills his hearr,
and all around are blefs'd.
CHAP. IV. •
[ CHRIST. ]

1 TO fair thou art, Jo fair my Love \
±-J doves-eyes in thy locks are ;
Thy hair as flocks of goats that on

mount Gilead high aptgar.

2 Thy teeth are like the whifned flock

which from the warning rofe, *
New (horn, * and ev'ry one bare twins,'
and none without them goes.

3 Thy lips are like a fcarlet thread,

whence graceful accents flow :

Within thy locks, thy temples like

pomgranates in their blow. (\)

4 Thy neck like David's tow'r appears

built for a magazine ;
Wherein a thoufand bucklers hang,
all fhields of mighty men.

5 Thy two fair breafts are like two fawns

twins of a roe, who ked
Among the lillies of the vale ;
but thine in charms exceed.

Z 'T'*I|

(i) So the Hebrew may fignify according \<gafifUuS.

Solomon- s SONG. 2.93.

> Till morning's fragrant breath (hall rife, *
and-all the (hades fly hence,
I'll get me to the mount of myrrh,
and hill of frankincenfe.

All fair thou art, my lovely one,

there is no fpot in thee !
My fpoufe, O come from Lebanon,

from Lebanon with Me !
Look from the top of Amana,

from Shenir's fummit high ;
From Hermon's top ; from lions dens,

from ieopards mountains fly. (2)

) My fitter^), fpoufe ! thou haft my heart
quite ravilhed from Me,
With one of thy chafte eyes, with one
chain of thy neck I fee.
o How fair thy loves {4) my After, fpoufe,
how far thefl|^fce excell !
How far above ^l^fces is
thy od'rous ointffl^ts fmell !

;i Thy lips drop like the honey-comb :
my fpoufe, beneath thy tongue
Honey and milk : thy cloaths perfume
like fcents from Lebanon.

12 My fifter, fpoufe, a garden is,

fenc'd for fecurity ;
And as a precious fpring enclos'dj
a fountain feal'd for Me.

13 Thy cions, of pomgranates, are

the fprouts of paradife *;
.With all the moft delicious fruits,

camphire and fpikenard choice. i4Where

g) In. Arabic — make hafte. (3) He may call her
Sifter ; as aTeim offender and pure Affection, and as
me was the Daughter of a King, &c. (4) Heb.'~—
Loves, or LavinakindneJ]};, as in Chap. i. 2.

294 Solomon's SONG.

14 Where calamus and cinnamon,
with faffron, fpikenard too,
All incenfe-trees, aloes and mirrh,
with all chief fpices grow. (4)

' 15 A fountain there, of gardens is
in thee, and fprings that run,
Yea living fprings that fend their ftreams
all round from Lebanon. (5)
[ The Church. ]
16 Awake, O north wind, come thou fouth,
and on my garden blow ;
That all the fpice and odours there
may forth abundant flow :

And then let my Beloved one

into his garden come,
Partake of his delicious fruit,

and of his choice perfume.

CHAP. V.

[ CHRIST. ]

I T Am into my garden come,
■* my fitter, and my fpoufe :
I gather'd have my myrrh and fpicg

for our delightful ufe :
A4y honey- comb with honey eat,

my wine with milk drank I :
Eat, O ye friends, drink, O belov'd,

yea drink abundantly. (1) Ih

(4) All the Varieties of fragrant, healthful and chearinj
Graces. (5) I think, a plain Hint that the Land zva
Church of lfrael were at that Time chiefly meant bj
the admired Spoufe.
(\ ) The flrj? Ferfe cf thisChapter mould have been th
I aft of the preceeding ; being anAnfwer to theChurch1
Prayer : and the ii'^^iu was not divided into Chap
ten till above 1400 Years after Christ's Afcenfion

Solomonh SONG, 2jy

[ The Church. J
I fleep ; but yet my heart awakes :

the voice 'tis of my Love,
Who knocks and kindly calls to me $

and all my bowels move ;

[ CHRIST. ]
c Open to Me, my fitter, Love,

' my dove, my undehTd ;
c My head with dew, my locks with drops

< the night diftills, is fill'd !

[ The Church. ]
My coat I have put off ; how (hall

I put it on again ?
And I my feet have warned clean ;

how fhall I them diltain ?
But when I my Beloved's hand

upon the latch difcern'd ;
Griev'd that I ihould fo long delays

my bowels ftronger yearn'd.

I rofe to open to my Love :

my hands myrrh dropped down;
And on the handles of the lock

myrrh from my fingers run. *
But when the door I open'd wide

to my Beloved one ;
My Love had then withdrawn Himfelf,

and out of fight was gone !

When as He fpake, my foul did fail ;

and now I fought Him have,
But found Him not ; I calFd to Him,
yet He no anfwer gave !
r The city-watchmen met me then,
they fmote and wounded me,
The keepers of the wall ev'n took
• from me my vail away.

V 4 SO

296 Schmonh SONG,

8 O daughters of JerufaJem,

I charge you, to Him fay,
If my Belov'd ye find, that I
for love (hall faint away.

[ Daughters of Jcrufakm. ] [2)

9 O faireft thou of all the fair !

what's thy Beloved, fhow :
What more than others is thy Love,
that thou doft charge us fo ?;
[ The Church. ]

10 My Love is white and ruddy ; chief

above ten thoufands fair :

11 His head is finefl: gold ; his locks

curl'd, biack as ravens, are !

12 His eyes are like the eyes of doves

looking on water-ftreams ;
As if they wafhed were with milk,
and fitly fet as gems !

13 His checks like garden-beds of fpice,'

with flowers of fpices crown'd :
His lips like lillies, dropping myrrh,
diffufing odours round !

14 His hands adorn'd (^3) with rings cf gold,

with precious (tones (4) inlaid :
His bowels (5) like bright ivory,
with faphires overfpread !

15 His legs (6) like marble pillars ftand,

on golden fockets plac'd ;
His countenance like Lebanon,

with (lately cedars grac'd. 16 His

(2)Thcy may iignify the Children of the Church,
by Birth, religious Education & towardly Carriage.
($) So theSept. (4) So the Syriaci, Mercer, k Munfler;
and 'tis likely that all theRings were let with precious
Stones of various and fparkling Colours. (5) includ-
ing his Breaft; [Ainfaorth) (6) HisLegs,including his
Attire from his Bowels to his Feet (Ainjnvortb) ', the
Sockets being at his Kneu and Ankles.

o

Solomon's SONG. 297

16 His mouth is all of fweetnefs made ! (7)
He's perfea lovelinefs ! (8)
Q daughters of Jerufalem !
my Love and Friend is this ?

CHAP. VI.

[ Daughters of 'Jerufalem, ]
Faired Thou of all the fair !
if Thou canft tell us, doe,
Whither thy foul's Belov'd is gone,
that we may feek Him too.

[ 7 be Church. ]

2 My Love is to his garden gone, (1)

down to the beds of fpice ;
To feed in gardens, and collect
his flowers of lillies choice.

3 I'm my Beloved's, He is mine ;

our hearts in one agree ;
And feed among the lilly-flowers
with great delight doth He.
[ CHRIST. ]

4 O Thou my Love, zs Tjrza fair,

fair as Jerufalem,
Majeftfrk * as a marching hoft
we Ice with banners ftream.

5 O turn away thine eyes from Me !

they have Me overborn.
Thine hair is like a flock of goats
which Gilead's mount adorn.

6 Thy teeth are like a flock of fheep

up from the waihing gone ;
Whereof ev'n ev'ry one bare twins,
and deftitute is none.

7 So

(j) *R:b.The Roof of lisMouthis Sweet neflcs : by a ufual
Fignrc.aPart named for ihe whole. (8)Heb.— He isall
Dffsm ! ( 1) To the ^ffembly of his Saints.

29$ Solomon's SONG.

7 So gracefully within thy locks

thy temples formed are,
That to pomgranates in their bloom, (2)
I may them well compare.

8 Tho' round thee there are threefcore Queens,

and concubines fourfcore,
And of fair virgins more there are
than can be number'd o're ;

9 Yet is my dove my perfecl one. (7)

the only one to Me ;
Yea of the mother that her bare
; the choicclt one is me.

The daughters, as they her beheld,
admir'd, and call'd her blefs'd ;
1 he queens and concubines were charm'd rV
and thus her praife confefs'd ;
ID " Q, how me ]ooks fonh Jike the mom

'fair as the moon on high,
« Clear as the fun, majeftick as
" an hoft whofe banners fly !

[^Church.]

11 To the nut-garden I went down, (c )

the valley fruits to fee ;
See if the vines did bud, if bloom
did the pomgranatc tree.

12 And then my foul quick mounted me,

before I was aware,
As on the ehar'ots of thofe who
my willing people are.

[ Daughter^

(2) See CafiiUui. {$) So Hit. Sept. ancient Laji*.$jr.
Jirab. Montanus. (4) i. e. The moft illuftriousPer-
fons of the Nations round her. (5) To h^r Retire-
ment, to examine how her Graces flcurifhed.

Solomon's SONG. 209

[ Daughters of Jerufalem. ]
13 But O thou lovely Shulamite,
gone to thy fecret place ;
O turn, make hafte, and come again,
that We may view thy face !
[CHRIST.]
What fee you in the Shulamite ?
what like her has there been ?

[ Daughters of Jerufatem. ]
She's like the choir of angel-holts
at Mahanaim feen ! (6)

CHAP. VII.
[ Daughter; of Jerufalem. ]

1 TjOw beautiful thy feet with (hoes,
-^ O prince's daughter, are !

Thy joints (\) like jewels finely wrought
by an artificer.

2 Thy navel like a cover'd cup, (2)

with liquor full, and round ;
Thy bowels like a heap of wheat
about with lillies crown'd.

3 Thy breafts are like two new wean'd roes,

twins of one fruitful dam.

4 Thy neck like a fair tow'r appears,

of iv'ry mining frame.

Thine

(6) Heb.— Like thtCborus, or doubleHofls atMahanaim.
Gen. xxxii. 1.2 3 --alike forNumber,Beauty, Majefty
andBrightnefs ; and may comprize the double Church
both of h'radites and Gen'ihs.

(1) The Heb. figniiies the Joints of the Thighs and
Knees, and the learned Santfius and Bp Patrick mow,
that the external Ornaments only, are in the five Firfl:
Verfes, defcribed. (2) A Cup of a Globular Form,
with a Crown- work Cover over it. See 'Awenmus ,
Scbindler, and Buxtorfs great Cbaldes, Talmudich,
*nd Rabbi nick Lexicon.

300 Solomon's SONG.

Thine eyes like He fhbon-fifh- pools bright,

Bethrabbim-gate fait by :
Thy nofe like Lebanon's fine tow'r
which doth Damafcus eye.

5 Like Carmel is thy head on thee*;

the hair like purple is ;
And thy rare beauty holds the King
in th' open galleries.
, [ CHRIST. J

6 O how delightful thou my Love !

how pleafant and how fair.

7 Thy ftature (lately like a palrn,

thy breafts as clutters are.
S I faid, I'll to this {lately palm,
to its high top afcend;"
And feize the pleafant fruit (3) thereof

which from its boughs extend.
Thy full grown breafts like cluiters are,

full ciufters of the vine : (4 J
Thy breath ( 5) fweet,as ripe apples,fmclls (6)
no breath io fweet as thine.
[ The Church. ]
9 Lu;e choiceit wine to my Belov'd,
that moves moft pleafant ly.
And makes the keeper's lips to fpeak,

fo thy mouth's roof (7) to me. 10 I

(3) This Hebrew word is no where us'd but here&sAve-

narius obferves. The ancient Latin renders it thf Fruits;

the Syriaek-L>xhi Boughs ; the ^tuagtnt kArabick-*

the Tops, where they a!) grow ; and are all included ;

as by feizing the Boughs, the pleafant Fruits call'd

Dates, are feized with them. (4) Thy Soul & Spirit,

mature in Grace,are like Ciufters of ripe Grapes,and

Breafts of Milk, full of holy Beauties, Influences and

Confolations ; Ifai. Jxvi, i'i,&c. (5) Heb.— Nofe :

which, by a ufual Figure Teems to fignify the Breath

commonly patting thro' it :i.e.the gracious Afpirations

from thy Heart. (6) Heaps of ripe Apples in a

Chamber breathe a pleafant fmell. [j)Tbe enlivening

•wwof thy Word Sc Spirir,from iheRoof of thy Mouth.

Solomon's SONG. 30*

10 I am my Love's ; and his defire

moves to me as his own.

11 Come my Belov'd, let us go forth

to fee the fields new fown :
Lodge let us in the villages \

12 then early let us rife,

Go to the vineyards, and there fee
if the vine flourifhes ;

If yet the tender grapes appear ;

if the pomgranates grow,
Or if they bud : and there my loves *

I'll fully to Thee (how.

13 The mandrakes fmell : and at our gates

all pleafant fruits we fee ;
Which old and new, O my Belov'd *
I have prepar'd for Thee.

CHAP. VIII.
[ The Church. ]

1 C\ That Thou as my brother wert,
^ fucking * my mother's breafts !
I would Thee find abroad and kifs,

and none mould me difgrace : (1)

2 I'd lead Thee to my mother's houfe,

where fkill fhe would me mow :
Spic'd wine of my pomgranate juice
to drink I'd make Thee too.

3 His foft left hand mould underneath

my ravifh'd neck intwine ;
His right hand mould around me bend,
as one mod dearly mine.

4 O daughters of Jerufalem,

I charge you make no noife,
To wake or to difturb my Love,

till He (hall pleafe to rife. [Daughter

(1) That fhe might as openly and freely ki fs him, and

with as pure Affe&ion asayoungSifter kifTe* her dear

and fucking Brother ; the pureft Aift&ion that was

ever imagin'd.

302 Solomon's SONG.

[ Daughters of J-erufalem. ]

5 But who is this that comes up now

out of the wildernefs,
Leaning on her Beloved one ?
a pleafing fight is this !

[ CHRIST to the Church. ]
Thence, where thy mother thee did bear,

beneath the apple-tree,
Where ihe with pain had brought thee forth,
ev'n theme I raifed thee. (2)
[ The Church. J

6 O fet me then as a dear feal

upon thy very heart ;
As a feal nx'd upon thine arm,

that we may never part !
For heav'nly love as ftrong as death \

and no relenting knows,
No more than the devouring grave ->

like burning coals it glows :

7 It's flames are like the flames of JAH. *

which many waters high
Can never quench, nor flowing floods

can drown, or e'r deftroy.
And if the wealthier!: man on earth

wou'd for thy love of me
Give all the fubftance of his houfe,

it quite defpis'd (hou'd be. (3J 8 But

(2) Tho' the Point at the End of — Thee — rep re -
fents it as Majadine ; yet without the Point, as the
Synagogue Copies have none, the Senfe feems rather
to lead to the Royal Princefs, who came from
Egypt, thro' the Wildernefs ; and may allude, bcth
. to Eve's eating the forbidden Fruit, and thence bear-
ing all her feeble Race with Anguifh ; and to the
feeble Church of Ifrael brought forth, expofed in E-
gypt, and travelling thro' the Wildernefs to the Land
cf Promifc. (3) Heb, — utterly defpifed.

Solomon's SONG. 3°3

8 But we've a little fitter fair,

whofe breafts are not yet grown : (4^
The day when fu'd for fne fhall be,
what fhall for her be done ?
[ CHRIST. ]

9 Is Ihe firm as a wall, we'll build

on her a filver tow'r :
Or as an open dcor expos'd ;
with cedar boards fecure. (5)

The Church.
id Did He not fee me like a wall ?
my breafts as tow'rs to rife ? (6)
O then like one who favour found
appeared I in his eyes !

11 A vineyard in a fruitful foil

had Solomon ; and there
The vineyard leafed out to them
who vineyard-keepers were.

Each one a thoufand filverlings (7)
for it's rare fruit repays.

12 My vineyard (8) is before mine eyes

and in my view always.
Thy part, O Solomon (9) to Thee

a thoufand juftly bares ;
And they who keep the fruit thereof

two hundred have for theirs. 13 O

(4) It may mean young, well inclined and hopefulSooIs,
both Jfraelites and Gentiles ; unripe in Divine
Knowledge, Wifdom, Grace Sec. (5) Jf fhe ho. firm
m Grace, we'll adorn her as with a filler Tower of
pining Majefly : If expos'd as a new Houfe unfi-
nifh'd, with the Doorway open ; we'll fecure her as
fach Houfes are with Eoards of Cedar. (6) Mature
in Wifdom, Grace,&c. (7) Jjai. vii. 23. i.e. aThou-
fand Shekels of Silver* 2 Sam. xviii.i 1, 12. (8.) i.e#
my Heart, fo) i. e. Christ the typified 'Sfft&HQ**

3 04 Solomon's SONG.

13 0 Thou who in the gardens dwel'ft I

they who companions are,

To thy delightful voice attend :

O caufe Thou me to hear !

14 Make hafte, O my Beloved one,

like a fwift roe to me ;
And like ? fawn * of harts * upon
the fpicy mountains be ! fio)

Isai. II. 2—5. [The glorious Reign 0} CHRIST.]

2 |N latter days JEHOVAH's mount,
■*- His facred houfe mall rife
Above the mountains and the hills,

and ftrike the wond'ring eyes.
To this the joyful nations round,
all tribes and tongues (hall flow :

3 « Up to JEHOVAH's mount, they'll fay*

' to Jacob's God we'll go.

* To us He'll point his ways of truth :

* his facred path's we'll tread :

c From Salem and from Zion (hall

* Jehovah's law proceed.'

4 Among the nations and the illes

as Judge fupreme He'll fit j
And vefted with unbounded powV,
will punifh or acquit.

No ftrife (hall rage, no angry feuds

difturb thofe peaceful years :
To plowfhares then they'll beat their fwords,

to pruning hooks their fpears.
No nation againft nation rife,

and flaughter'd hofts deplore :
They'll lay the martial trumpet by,

and ftudy war no more. 5 O

(10J The Church earnePJy longs 8c prays for Christ's
glorious Coming ; and in the mean while for h'\bgrac:-
oui and happy 'Vifits by his Holy SriRir.

ISAIAH V. 305-

O come ye then, of Jacob's houfe,

our hearts now let us join ;
And walking in JEHOVAH's light,

with holy beauties (nine.

ISAI. V.

I Nvwwill Ifing to my Beloved,** Song cfmyBELpvzo,
touching his V I N E Y A R D || .

A/fY moft Belov'd a Vineyard owns,

1V1 Which on a fruitful hill is feen :

Around it a fafe fence He made,

And clear'd of all the (tones therein.

He planted there a beauteous vine,

And in the midft He built a tow'r,

A wine-prefs made, then look'd for grapes :

But grapes it yielded wild and fow'r.

j And now, O ye inhabitants
Ev'n of Jerufalem, and ye
Of Judah, tho' ye parties are,
Between my vineyard judge and Me.

\. What for my vineyard could be done
Which I have not perform'd with care ?
Why, when I look'd for pleafmt grapes,
Did thefe degen'rate grapes appear I

J And now I'll tell you what PU do :
My vineyard's hedge remove will I
To be devour'd ; and I'll throw down
It's wall ; and it trod down (hall he.

5 Pll lay it wafte and defolate ;
Unprun'd, undig'd, with brambles fpread,
And thorns; yea, to the clouds I'll fay,
That on it they no rain fnould fhed.

X 7 Becaufe

J This Song is plainly in the Style of Solomons Song:
where, in Verfes, 1,2,7, the Pious Part of the vifible
Church of the Messiah fpeaks j calling Him her
Beloved three times in <ver, 1, and the LORD of
HoJis%\a <ver. 7 : But in ver. 3, 4, 5, 6, the Messiah
fpeaks as a final Judge,

$o6 ISAIAH ix.

7 Becaufe the houfe of Ifrael,

The LORD of hofts his vineyard is,
The men who dwell in Judah's tribe,
Are that mod pleafant plant of his :
And when He judgment did expect,
Lo ! there was an oppreffing wound ;
And when He iook'd for righteoufnefs, ■
Then Jo ! a bitter cry He found.

Isai. ix. -2— -7. [Christ dejcribed. 1

2 pEople that long in darknefs walk'd
■*■ Now fee a great and wondrous light 5
On them who dwelt in (hades of death
The light hath min"d exceeding bright, f

3 The nation thou haft multiply'd,
And now their joys increafed are ;
As in the harveft they rejoyce,
Like conqu'rers when the fpoil they (hare,

4 For Thou the burthen of their yoke,
The ftafi which on their moulders lay,
And their oppreffors rod haft broke,
As once they were in i\lidian\s day.

5 For all the wariours battles were
Throughout the earth from times cf old,
With noife confus'd of fhouts and groans^
In reeking blood their garments roll'd.

But now this great, decifive blow,

Whereby thy people will be free,

Shall be by all devouring Fire,

Wherein their foes (hail fuel be. J 6 For

f Expretfy apply'd to Christ, Mat. ii. 14—16.

i Tho1 this Salvation eminently Began at the Beginning
of the Minijlry of Cur ist ; yet the infpired Piophe'
feems to extend his View to the compleat Fulfilment at
the univcrfal Converfion of Ifrael juft before the Con-
flagration, and in the glorious Reign of Christ indie
Kezv H towns and New Earth immediately after it.

ISAIAH xih 307

i For lo ! the virgin's child is born,
To us thine only Son is giv'n ;
Upon his moulders fhall be laid,
The government of earth and heav'n*

His name is called Wonderful,
The Councellor, the mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace,
Peace over all the earth abroad.
7 His government fhall ever grow,
And far and wide o'er all extend ;
And univerfal peace, the fruit
Of his juft reign, mall know no end.

O'er David's kingdom and his throne
To rule, and them eftablifh fure,
With judgment right and juftice clear,
His reign for ever mall endure. ||

Isai. xii.
( And in that Day thou Jhalt fay — )
LORD, tho' with me Thou waft wroth
I'll praifes give to Thee ;
For now thy wrath is turn'd away,
and Thou doft comfort me.

2 Behold ! God my falvation is ;

truft, and not fear, will I ;
Becaufe our JAH, * JEHOVAH * is
my ftrength and melody.

He is my full falvation too :

3 fo waters plenteouily

Out of falvation's living wells
fhall ye draw forth with joy.

4 Praife ye the LORD, call on his name :

and to the people (how
His doings : that his name's extol I'd,

declare abroad alfo. X 2 5 O

J 7befe t-ivoVerfes are exprefly applied to Cur iST,Luk.i.

O

go8 ISAIAH xxv.

5 O fing ye to the LORD, for He

things excellent has done ;
Yea thro' the univerfal earth
the fame is fully known.

6 Cry out and ihout aloud O ye

who on mount Zion dwell ;
For mighty is the Holy One,
in Thee, O Ifrael.

Isai. xxv. i— q.
i T ORD, Thou my God I I'll Thee extol.',
•*-' I will" thy name confefs ;
Who wonders doft, thy counfels old
are truth and faithfulnefs.

2 For Thou a city mad'ft an heap ;

its wall in ruin lies ;
The ftrarigers palace haft cras'd ;
nor ever ftiall it rife.

3 Therefore the mighty people fhall

great glory to Thee bear \
The city of the terrible

of nations (hall Thee fear.
\ Becaufe Thou to the poor haft been

their ftrength, as they confefs ;
A happy ftrength to helplefs ones,

in times of their diftrefs.

Thou'art a refuge from the ftorm,

a fhadow from the heat ;
When blafts of dreadful ones like ftorms

on walls in fury beat ;
And like fierce heat in places dry ;
; but Thou dial t quell their noife.
And, as the Jieat by fhady cloud,

fupprefs their dreadful voice.

. The LORD of hofts moreover will
upon this mountain make,
A fumptucus feaft of fat things for

all people to paruke : A

I S A 1 A H xxvi. 30^

A feaft of wines preferv'd on lees,

for them He will prepare ;
Of fat and marrow-things, of wines

that mod refined are. f

j And in this mountain He deftroy
the face of cov'ring ihall,
Call: o'er all people, and the vail
fpread over nations all.
B For ever He will fwallow up
death into victory.
The Lord JEHOVAH tears {hall wipe
from ev'ry face and eye.

His people's whole reproach from all
the earth He'll take away.
9 Lo this our God ! who will us fave ;
for "Him we waiting ftay !
This is the LORD on whom we have

our expectation had ;
In his falvation we'll rejoyce,
and be exceeding glad.

Isai. xxvi.

1 A City of exceeding ftrength
** Doth happily to us belong ;
And the decreed falvation (hall

like walls and bulwarks keep it ftrong*

2 Set open then the city-gates,
That fo the righteous nation, who
Immoveably maintains the truth.
May gladly enter thereinto.

3 In perfecl. peace Thou fuch a one
Wilt ever furely caufe to be,
Whofe mind on Thee fecurely flays j
Becaufe he hopes alone en Thee. 4 Repofe

•f Heb.- -Drawn from tbeLees : and fo the ancient La tin*,
Montanus, Buxtorff, and all the Lexicons : the Heb.
Root {ignifyW.g- poured out^Xid \\L$H(b,Pr#pofitiQn fig-
mfyitg-^From,

'3*0 ISAIAH xxvi.

4 Repofe then ever in the Lord
The lively hope of all your mind '
Becaufe in JAH,* JEHOVAH, * fure
A rock eternal ye ihall find.

5 He'll bring down thofe who dwell on bidu
He'll lav; the haughty city low,

He'll lay jt level with the ground,
And down into the duft will throw.

6 The feet of the afflicted (hall

- In triumph tread it wholly dcfcvn ;
And it mall lie beneath the feet
Of him that was a helplefs one.
[ 2 Part. ]

7 The way of ev'ry righteous man
Is umverfal righteouinefs ;

And Thou, O Righteous One, doft weigh
In nghtecufnefs each path of his.

8 Moreover in thy judgments way,
LORD, Thee we longing look to fee ;
Our fouls defire is to thy name,

And to the memory of Thee.

9 In the dark feafons of the night,
* My foul Thee earneftly defires :

My wakeful fpirit \n my bread:
For Thee at early dawn inquires.
For when thy judgments are difblay'cl
On earth, the world's inhabitants
Shou'd lay to heart thy righteous works,
And learn the righteoufnefs of faints.

so Tho' for a wicked man there mould
.- Bowels of heav'nly pity yearn',

Yet he the way of righteoufnefs

Will not perfwaded be to learn :

Yea, in the land of righteoufnefs

He'll work perverfe iniquity ;

Nor vyijj he ev'n fo much as fee *

1 O VAH's glorious majefiy. i iLORD,

ISAIAH xxvl. 3 1 1

LORD, when thine hand is lifted up,
In thy molt awful judgments, high i
Yet left they fee thine hand therein,
Perveriely they will (hut their eye. ,
But with confufion they (hall fee
The zeal * Thou for thy people haft3
And the confuming lire that ihall
Thine adveriaries wholly wafte.

[ 3 Part. ]
JEHOVAH, certainly Thou wilt
Safety and peace for us ordain :
For our affairs Thou manage doft,
And for us, all our works maintain,
O LORD our God, tho' other Lords
Have reigned over us, we own ;
Yet hence, thy name we mention will,
And by Thee none but thine alone.

They'r dead, and (hall not live again ;
Deceas'd, and never ihall arife ;
Thy judgments have deftroy'd them quite^
Yea caus'd that all their menvry dies.
The nation, LORD, increafeft Thouj
Our nation greatly haft increas'd ;
And Thou haft glorify'd thy felf,
And thro' the earth difpers'd them haft.

O LORD, when they were in diftrefs,
They Thee then vifited with cries ;
And pray'r in fecret poured out,
When Thou didft forely them chaftize.
Like as a pregnant woman when
Approaching travail comes space,
Is pain'd, and in her pangs cries out ;
So were we, LORD, before thy face.

We trouble have conceiv'd, are pain'da

But bring forth vanity, and wind j

Nor do the world's difturbers fall :

.Nor. we on earth deliverance find.. \Fcrt.

312 ISAIAH xxxviii.

[ 4 Part. ]

19 Thy dead (hall furely live again,
With my dead body rife they muft :
Awake out of the fleep of death,
And fing ye who dwel'i in the duft !
Becaufe the dew that falls on thee,
Is like the dew that makes herbs grow :
But out abroad with violence,
The earth the wicked ones % mall throw.

20 Come then my people enter in
To chambers that moft fccret are ;
And after thee (hut thou the doors,
And make them fa ft with utmoft care.
There do thou hide thy kU a while s
It mail but as a moment be,

And all the indignation (hall
Be pafs'd for ever over thee.

21 Forlo, the LORD is coming forth, '
Out of his dwelling place on^high,
Upon the earth's inhabitants,

To puni(h their iniquity.

The earth (hall then difclofe and mow

The bloods * within her buried ;

Her (lain mall be brought forth to view,

And be no longer covered.

Isai. xxxviii. 10--- 20.
Th Son? fl/HezekinV/ivr his Recovery from Sidnefs.

10 ]V/|Y days I faid are now cutoff.

And going to the grave am I,
And of my hop'd for coming years
I am deprived utterly.

11 I faid; that JAH I (hall not fee,
JAH in the land of life behold ;

And man mine eyes (hall fee no more,
Nor any dwellers in the world. 12 My

I Go the Sep. Chaldee, Arab, and fo t&\$M?6ohfywp.

ISAIAH xxxviii. 3 t -3

,12 My dwelling here is pafs'd away,
Removed as a (hepherd's tent;
My life as threads by weavers cut,
He cuts me off by languimment.
From day to night Thou doft me wafte,
An end of me wilt quickly make,

13 I in the morn look ; but by night
My bones He'll as a lion break.

14 Like cranes or fwailows chatter'd I,

Like doves I mourn'd thro' pain and grief,
Mine eyes with looking upwards faii'd.
LORD, I'm opprefs'd ; O give relief".

15 What (hall I (ay ? but humbly own,
He well hath fpoke and done to me,
And I in bitternefs of foul

Will all my years repenting be.

16 As, LORD, Thou art the life of men,
Life to my fpirit Thou doft give j
Thou fully wilt recover me,

And Thou wilt make me ftill to live.

17 Lo, I for peace great trouble found,
But to my foul in love Thou haft
From the corrupting pit me fav'd,
My fins behind thy back haft caft.

18 For graves cannot (hew forth thy praife,
Neither can death Thee celebrate,
Such as go down into the pit

To fee thy truth no more can wait.

19 The living does, the living will,
Thee praife, ev'n as I do this day j
The father to the children fhall
Thy a6ts of faithfulnefs difplay.

20 Ready to fave me was the LORD :
Therefore we will my fongs of praife
Sing in JEHOVAH's houfe with joy,
Throughout our lives, ev'n all our days.

Isaiah.

3*4 ISAIAH xlv, liii.

r. xV 21---25.

21 pRom ancient time* I have declar'd,
1 I am JEHOVAH, GOD alone,
A righteous God; and Me txfidcs

A faviour is, or can be none.

22 Then io„k to Me ye fainting fouls,
In ' ce, in ev'ry land ;
And ye lliall joyfully receive
Sahation at my mighty hand.

23 For ( am God, and none befides,
I even by My felf have fworn

In righteoufnefs : and now the word
Gone from my mouth, mall not return :
It is, ' that every knee to Me
c Shall bow, and ev'ry tongue fhall fwear,

24 cAnd fay, that in the LORD alone

c My ftrength and righteoufneffes * arc :

Yea all who feel their wretchednefs
With humble joy fhall come to Him :
But thofe who with Him are difpieas'd,
Shall be diftrefs'd with endlefs fhame.

25 In Thee, JEHOVAH, Ifr'els race,
All fully jumly'd (hall be ;

In Thee [hall triumph o'er their foes,
And all be glorify'd in Tliee.

Isai. liii.
[ The Abafement and Exaltation o/Chri^t; AJIs viii. -.

1 r\ Who has our report believ'd ?

w And who JEHOVAH's arm doth know ?

2 For as a tender plant and root

Before Him, from dry ground He'll grow.
He has no form, nor comelinefs ;
And when his troubled face we fee,
No beauty in Him we difcern,
That by us He defir'd fhould be,

* He

IS J I AH liii. ' %i$

3 He (lighted and rejected is

Ev'n of the men He came to fave :
A man of confiant forrows full,
And intimate with heavy grief.
Yet we, while He was thus abus'd,
Our faces turn'd and hid from Him ;
By others round He was defpis'd,
Nor did we Him at all efteem.

4 Tho', fure they were our griefs He bore,
Our finking forrows bare did He ;

Yet ftrook, and ("mote, & fcourg'd byGOD,
We judg'd Him righteoufly to be.

5 But ah ! 'twas only for our lins
That He did all his wounds receive :
For our iniquities was bruis'd,

That Hz might us from them relieve.

Our chaftifement on Him was laid,

To purchaie our eternal peace :

And by his uripes it is that we

Are heal'd with wondrous pow'r and grace.

6 We all like fheep aftray have gone,
-Each turn'd to his own finful way :

And yet the trefpafs of us all
The LORD on Him alone did lay.

7 Opprefs'd, abus'd, He filent was,

As the meek lamb to (laughter bro't ;
Or iheep, before her (hearers dumb,
His guiltlefs mouth He op'ned not.

8 From judgment and from prifn [the grave]
Soon rais'd and took away was He ;

And of his generation who

Shall tell the wondrous hiftory ?

For from the land of living ones

In early age was He deftroy'd ;

And for my people's fins the ftroke

Of vi'lent death was on Him laid. 9 With

3i6 ISAIAH liii.

9 With criminals He dy'd -, and yet
Among the rich He made his grave ;
Becaule He did no injury,
Nor ever with his mouth deceive.

10 Yet it JEHOVAH pleas'd to bruife
And put Him to extreme diOrefs,
When Thou fhalt offer up his foul
Only for others trefpaffes :

When this is done, then He fhall rife,
Live ever, and his offspring fee ;
JEHOVAH's pleafure in lus hand
Shall profper to eternity :

11 The multiply'd and happy fruit,
Of the vaft travel of his foui,

He mall furvey, and with the view
He fhall be pleafed to the full :

By knowledge of the way of life,
My righteous fervant fhall appear
Vaft multitudes to juftify ;
For He their fins will fully bear.

12 Therefore a portion with the great
To Him, as due, divide I will ;
And with xhe mighty ones fhall He
Divide and fhare the glorious fpoil.

Becaufe He pour'd his foul to death,
And with tranlgreffors numbred was:
The fin of many bore ; and He
For helplefs fmners pleads the caufe.

Isai. \v. [TheCallofGODznCH&lSTtofariJbingSirwers^

1 T_jO ! ev'ry thirfly, longing foul !

*-*- Co-me where the living waters flow ;
Come, buy, eaj, drink my wine and milk j
Tho' nothing ye, of worth, can fhow.

2 Why do ye fpend your coil: and toil,
For what cannot content the foul r
Hear Me, and htd on folid good,

Your fouls with fatnefs ftiall bs full. 3 In-

ISAIAH Iv. 317

' 3 Incline your ear and come to Me,
Hear, and your foul (hall ever live ;
I'll an eternal covenant
And David's certain mercies give.

4 Lo ! I have Him a witnefs giv'n,
For all the people to obferve ;

A leader and commander made,
That all the people mould Him ferve.'j

5 The gentile nations Thou (halt call ;
And they fhall run to Thee with joy ;
The LORD thy God, the Holy One
Of Ifr'el, Thee will glorify.

6 O feek ye for the LORD, while ye
To your great joy may find Him here;
And call upon Him earneftiy,

While in his mercy He is near.

7 Let wicked men forfake their wavs,
Their tho'ts let the unrighteous leave ;
And to the LORD let them return 5
And mercy on them He will have.

Let them remember He's our God,
So wondrous for benignity ;
O let them then return to Him,
And He'll forgive abundantly.
Lamentations, iii.

1 T Am the man who by his rod

Of wrath fee difmal fceues of woes ;

2 He hath me into darknefs brought,
.And not a gleam of light He fhows.

3 He^furely is againft me turn'd :
His/hand all day He turns on me.

4 My flefh and {kin He old hath maae

My bones to pieces broke hath He. 5 He

|| David being now dead about 300 Years,tis plain that
Christ, the promifed Seed of David mult be here
intended : fo Christ is called David, Jer. xxx, 9.
Ezek. xxiv. 23, 24, Hof. iii. 5.

3i8 LAMENTATIONS in.

5 He built around me : and with gall
And travel me encompafied :

6 He hath me fet in places dark,
As thofe who long ago were dead.

7 So hedg'd me in, I can't get out ;
Makes me his heavy chain to bear ;

8 And when I earneft cry aloud,
He grievoufly fhuts cut my pray'r.

9 He with hewn ftones enclos'd my path.

And intricate hath made my ways :
10 He as a bear lays wait for me,

A lion in a hidden place.
ii He turned hath my ways afide :

He hath to pieces pulled me :

Of all my comforts hath bereav'd

And made me defolate to be.

12 He bent his bow ; and me a mark
Did for his fharp'ned arrows place ;

13 The arrows of his quiver caus'd
Into my tender reins to pafs.

14 To all my people I'm a feoff,

And all the day their jeering fong ;

15 He made me full of bitternefs,

And even drunk with wormwood ftrong.

16 Yea He my teeth with gravel break,
And all in ames rolled me.

17 Thou putil my foul far eff from peace,
And I forgot profperity.

18 Yea I did fay, my itrength and hope
Are wholly perifh'd from the LORD.

19 My grief and pain, wormwood and gall,
I in my troubled mind record.

20 My foul doth flill remember them,
And in me, low abas'd, doth lie :

21 Yet to my mind I this recall,

And thence a glimpfe of hope have I;

22 It's of the mercies of the LORD,
We are not quite confum'd away ;
Eecaufe the pity of kis heart

Nor dees, nor ever <u/7/ decay. 22 They

LAMENTATIONS ill. 319

They evVy morning are renew'd :

Thy changelefs faithfulncfs is great.
24 The LORO's my portion, faith my foul ;

And thence my hope I'll on Him fet.
r; To them who wait for Him, the foul

Who feeks Him, gracious is the LORD :

26 'Tis heft in quietnefs * to wait
Till He falvation will afford.

27 Good for a man it is in youth

That he mould bear the humbling yoke :

28 He fits alone, and filence keeps
Becaufe he bears thy holy ftroke.

29 He puts his mouth into the duft,
If fo there any hope may be :

30 His cheek to 'him who fmices he gives,
Tno' filled with reproach is he.

3 1 Ever the Lord will not call off:
But tho' He caufes pungent grief ;

32 Yet in his mercies great He will
Compaffion have, and give relief.

33 For He's not willing to afrfcel

Or grieve the fons of men 'tis known ;

34 To crufh the prifners of the earth,
Or under feet to tread them down.

35 To turn afide the right of man
Before the face of the most High ;

36 Or to fubvert his righteous caufe i
TUe Lord abhors eternally.

37 Who's lie that faith, and then performs,
Unlefs it be the Lords good will.

38 Out of the mouth of the most High,
Proceed all good and penal ill.

39 Why for the puniftiment of fins
Doth any living man complain ?

40 O let us fearch and try our ways,
And to the LORD now turn again.

41 O let us lift our hearts and hands
Up to he mighty ^od in heav'n :

42 We all have trefpafs'd and rebeTd,

Nor haft Thou ye: our fins forgivV Thy

320 LAMENTATIONS iii.

43 Thy wrath us covers and purfues ;
Thou flay'fl, and doft not pity mow.

44 Thou To with clouds doft hide thy h\ft
That our loud cries cannot pafs thro'.

45 Amidft tfie people haft us made
Th' offifcouring, refufe, and the jeer.

46 And the wide mouths of all our foes,
Againfl and round us op'ned are.

47 Fear and a fnare are come onus;
And all in defolation lies :

48 For daughters of my people's wafte
Rivers of tears run down mine eyes.

49 Mine eyes with tears flow down ap2ce ;
And will no intermiflion know,

50 Until the LORD from heav'n look down,
And fee us in our difmal woe.

51 Mine eye affe&s my foul * with grief,
To fee my city's daughters cafe ;

52 My foes purfue me unprovok'd
The harmlefs birds as fowlers chafe.

53 My life they in the dungeon funk,
And on me heavy ftones they call.

54 The waters flowing o'er my head,

I faid, " I'm gone, all hope is paft !"

55 OLORD, I call'd upon thy name,
In the deep dungeon, like to die;

56 Thou heardil my voice, hide not thine ear,
From my fliort panting and my cry

57 Then Thou drew'rt near, and faidft, "Fear not I*
Ev'n in the day I call'd on Thee :

58 Lord, my foul's caufeo Thou didit plead,
And my expiring life fet free.

59 JEHOVAH judge the caufe for me,
As Thou my wrongs has always feen.

60 As their revenge and all their plots
Before thine eyes have ever been.

61 All their reproach, Thou LORD, hall heard ;
Thou feed the fnares they for me lay,

62 Their lips who up againft me rife,

And all their plotines all the dav. 63 See

J 0 N A H II, 321

3 See, wtoen they fit, and when they rife,
The mufick of their fongs ami:

4 But LORD, as are their handy works
A juft reward Thou wilt apply.

5 Sorrow of heart Thou wilt them give,
Thy grievous curfe'wilt make them bear ;

6 In wrath them chace, and from beneath
JEHOVAH's heav'ns wafle ev'ry where.

ontah ii. [The Son? of Jonah, upon his greatDeliverancc]
I t To the LORD in my diftrefs

Cry'd earneftly.snd He gave ear ;

Out from hell's belly then I cry'd,

And He mv voice did kindly hear.

For down into the hideous deeps,

And midft of feas, Thou didii me caft ;

The floods encompafs'd me, and all

Thy waves and billows o'er me pafs'd.

l I then faid, I was caft away

" Quite from the fight of thy bk& eyes, *

Yet towVds thy temple I will look,

And to Thee there direct my cries.
; The waters to my finking ioul

Pierc"d and encompas'd me around ;

The depths all round enclofed me,

The weeds about my head were bound.
) To mountains bottoms I went down,

Earth's bars for ever me befet ;

Yet LORD my God, Thou halt my life

Brought up out of the horrid pit.

7 When my funk foul fainted in me,
JEHOVAH then remember'd I ;
And then my pray'r rofe up to Thee,
Into thy holy place on high.

B They their own mercies fadly leave,

Who look to lying vanities ;

But with the voice of giving thanks*

To Thee I'll praifes facrifice.
5 Whatever I in trouble vow'd,

To pay I readily accord ;

Tor all falvation ever comes

.e moll kind and fovireignLORD. Y Ha*«

322 HABAKKUK III.

Hab. iii. The Prayer ^/"Habakkuk the Prophet,

2 npHy fpeech, O LORD, I heard with fear :

In midft of years thy work declin'd
Revive, O LORD, and make it * known :
In wrath thy tender mercies mind.

3 The mighty God from Tern an came,
The Holy One from Paran-hill : {Selah.}
His glory cover'd all the ikies,
^nd all the earth his praife did fill.

4 His brightnefs as the light appear'd,
And beams of fplendor f from Him % flow'd ;
Where was the hiding of his powV,
There then it blazed all abroad. ||

5 Before Him went the peftilence :
Coals glowing at his feet were fpread .*

6 When he flood up, the earth was mov'd : f
He look'd, and all the nations fled ;
Th' eternal mountains were difpers'd ;
The hills of perpetuity,
Bow'd lowly down before his feet :
His way* abide eternally.

7 The tents of Ethiopia then
In great affii&ion I did fee :
The curtains thro* all Midian's land,
Shook at the dreadful fight of Thee I

8 Againft the rivers floods or feas,
Did then JEHOVAH anger bear ;
That on his troops of horfes rode ;

HlS CHARIOTS OF SALVATION WERE.

9 As to thy tribes, to fave them, Thou
Thy folemn word and oath didft give ;
Made wholly naked was thy bow, ( Selah.)
The earth with rivers Thou didfl cleave.

ib Thee

"f- TheWord fignifies hothHorns & Beams ; derives from
a Root which fignifies beaming forth : % and the Word
commonly rendred Hands fignifies alfo Sides : See A-
evenarius,Buxtorf,ScbindIer>Pagnine & Mercer, Cajlellus,
and Martin Albert. || Cbaldte. f Sept. ChaU Arab.

HABAKKVK Hi. 323

10 Thee faw, and ftiook the mountains great ;
The floods of waters rolled by ;
His voice loud utter did the deep,
And lifted up his hands on high.

1 1 The fun and moon, when Thee they faw,
Stood ftill amaz'd in their high Sphere :
But quick mov'd at thine arrows light,
And brighter glitt'ring of thy fpear.

12 Thou marcheft thro* the land in wrath.

The heathen threfheft as in rage : •

1 3 In flames of zeal Thou goeft forth,
To fave thy finking heritage.

' With thy Messiah f them to fave :
Thou from the wicked's houfe, the head
Haft quite cut off ; % and from his feet J|
Up to his neck, all bare haft laid. {Selah.\

14 Thou haft with his [Messiah's] rods
ftruck thro' the univerfal head,

Of all their numerous villages,

And all in defolation fpread.

They, as tempeftuous whirlwinds, rofe

And rulhed on, to fcatter me ; '

Their joyful hope was to devour

The poor afflicted fecredy.

15 But then I faw Thee walk along,
And with thy horfes' thro' the fea,
Thro' all the waters mighty heaps
Againft the dreadful enemy.

16 I heard ! my belly trembled thro*;
At thy loud voice my lips did quake .*
A rott'nnefs feized all my bones ;

I thro' my felf did greatly make :
That in this day of trouble J
Might in fafe quietnefs repofe ;
While for his people He afcends,
And with his troops invades their foes.

1 7 Tho' figtrees fhould no bloffoms yield,
Nor any fruit on vines appear,

Y 2 The

f Heb, S*pt*CbaidJkSyr. %Syr. \\Menochius \nPoI.Sjnof>Ji.

3H L U K E I.

The labouis of the olive fail,

And tho' the fields no food mould bear ;

Tho' from the folds the flocks fhould ceafe,

In Hails no cattle have abode ;
18 Yet in the LORD I will exult,

And joy in my falvation's God.

JEHOVAH is my Lord and ftrength :

He makes my feet fwift as the roe :

He leads me to my places high,

And makes me fafe on them to go.
Luke i. 46 — 55.
TheScng of the biffed ' HrginMzxy \at her aw* //^Elizabeth
46 J^JY foul doth magnify the LORD;
47 My fpirit greatly doth rejoyce

In GOD my iaviour ; whom I praife

With joyful and exulting voice.

48 For greatly He regarded hath
His handmaid in her low eitate :
And hence all ages of the world
Shall rj»e as bleiled celebrate.

49 Th' Almighty wondrous things hath done,
To me : and holy is his name :

50 To them who fear Him mercies flow ;
From race to race they ever ilream.

51 He w.iU-i. his arm hath mewed ftrength ;
The great and proud hath Scattered

In the devices of their hearts
They vainly had imagined.

52 Down from their feats of dignity
The high and ml^luy put hath He ;
And has exalted thole on h

Who were before of low degree.

53 The hungry hath with good things fill'd,
The rich has empty fent away ;

54 His fervant Ifr'el greatly help'd,
His mercy minds, and will d:fplay.

55 As what He to our fathers fpake,
So wondroufly perform doth He
To Abraham and to his race,

And will ev'n to eternity, ' Lvk

LUKE I. 68—79. 325

ThSong ofZacharias at tbedrcumcifion of 'John tbeBaptiJi.
6S 1 He LORD, the GOD of Urael
Be greatly blefs'd ! for He
Haih now his people vifned,
redeem 'd, and made them free.

69 Who oar falvaiion's mighty Horn,

foretold in ancienr days,
Out of his fervant David's houfe,
hath now been pleas'd to raife.

70 According to bis pronrfes

proclaim'd by hoiy men,
Who ever fince the world began

by Him infp;r'd have been.
n\ That we from all our enemies

by Him may faved be ,•
And from the cruel hands of all

who hate us may be free.
72 To grant the mercy promifed

our fathers ; and to mind
His holy covenant, (73) His oath

to Abraham his friend.

74 That us from fear and foes hand freed*.

t) ferve- Him He would give ;

75 In holinefs and righteoufnefs,

before H\m, while we live.
jo And with his prophets, the most high,
dear Child, will number thee ;
Before tlie LORD, to clear his way,
thou fhal. employed be.

77 The doclr'ine of falvaf'on thou

malt make hi3 people know :
And how He will forgive their fins
thou fhal: them clearly {how.

78 Thro' tender mercies of our GOD ;

whereby the fpringing day
Begin, to rife and vifit us,

and chafe the night away. *

7 p To light thofe who in darknefs fit,
a:.d in delta's fl\ade refide ;
And in the way to endlefs peace

our foot-fteps fafely guide. Luk.

326 LUKE II. M A T. VI. REV. IV.
Luke ii. 14.

7 he Song of the heavenly Hefts at the Birth of Christ.
ALL glcry to the moft high GOD,
on high let giory be :
On earth be glorious peace abroad,
and men his favour fee.

Luke II. 29. 30. cl he Song of Simeon, up on taking the
Child Jesus into his Arms in the Temple.

29 TO! D, ler me now depart in peace,

Who have thy waiting fervant been,
Accordh g to thy word ! ior now

30 iVHne eves i::ve thy falvation feen !

31 Which Thou haft wondroufly prepar'd,
And fhown before all people's face ;

32 A light to all the Gentile world,
The glory of thine iiVels race !

Mat. VI. 9—13. cihc Lord's Prayer.

9 QUr Father, who in heav'n art feen,

In brighten love and majefty ;
Let all the univerfe confpire
Thy** glorious iiarae to fanclify.

10 O let thy promised kingdom come
Of grace and glory from above :
And let thy will be done on earth
As 'tis in heav>n with joy and love.

11 Give us this day our daily bread i

12 Our debts to thee forgive and blot,
As we our debtors free forgive :

13 Into temptation lead us not.
But us from every evil fave :
For thine the univerfal reign,
The pow r and glory always was,
Is, and mall ever be : AMEN.

Rev. IV. 8, 9. The Sor.g of the Four glorious Living
Creatures before the Throne.
t C\ Holy ! holy ! holy LORD !

XJ th' Almighty GOD alone :

Who was, and is, arid art to come ;
9 who fitted on the throne : And

REVELATIONS. V, VII. 317

And who for ever, ever liv'ft !

We render thanks to Thee :
To Thee all honour, glory yield :
nor ever ceafe (hall we.
Ver. 11. 7 heRefponfive Song of tL Twenty four Elders,

cafiing donvn their Crowns before the throne*
\ 1 T ORD, Thou all honour, glory, pow'c
arc worthy co receive,
From ev'ry creature ; for to all
Thou didft their Being give.
Yea all things thro' the Univerfe

at firft created were
For thine own pleafure, and for this
they all continued are.
£ev V.'V 10. "To the Lord Jesus, theLkMBofGoi,
the Seng of the Univerfai Church,

9 'TTIcu worthy arc co take the Book

from Him upon the throne,
And open all the feals thereof,

and none but Thou alone.
For Thou for guilty men waft (lain,

haft bought us by thy blood ;
From ev'ry people, nation, tongue,

redeem'd us all to GOD.

10 Yea Thou haft made and raifed us

ev'n kings and priefts to be,
To miniller before our GOD :
and reign on earth mail we.

Ver. 12. "The Refponftve Song of the Four Living Crear
tures,7£*Twenty four E\ders,andMu/titudes of Angels,
npHe Lamb is worthy that was flain,
all might and wealth to have,
And, wifdom, honour, glory, pow'r,

and praiies to receive.
Ver. 13. The clofingSong o/'all theCreatures inHeartm,
on Earthy under tbe Earth, and in the Sea, together,
*"P0 H'.m who fits upon the throne,
■ and to the Lamb therefore,

Be bleffing, honour, glory, pawr,
ever and evermore. Bw

328 REV EL AT. VH,XV,XIX.

Rev. VII. IO. The grateful Song of the innumerable
Multitudes of Samis before /^Throne and the Iiamb.

^TPO cur moft glorious GOD on high,
v.ho fits upon the throne,
And to the Lamb, falvation, we
afcribe, as due, alone I

Ver. 1 2. The Refponfinje Song of all the Angels, Elders,
and Living Creatures, together.

A MEN ! pow'r, wifdom, might and thanks,
**• all bleffing, honour then,
And glory, ever be afcrib'd
to our great GOD, Amen.

Rev. XV. 3, 4. The Song of 'Mofes and of the Lamb,
fung by the Saints in Triumph.

3 Q LORD, Almighty GOD ! thy works

both great and wondrous are :
Juft king of faints, and true thy ways :

4 who (hall not Thee revere ?

And glorify thy name, O LORD ?

who holy art alone :
For nations all fhall worfhip Thee ;

whofe judgments now are known.

Rev. XIX. 1, t. The Song of the Multitudes in Heaveft.

1 r\ Hallelujah ! honour, pow'r,

Salvation and all glory give,
Give to the LORD our GOD alone,
That all his dues he may receive.

2 For true and juft his judgment? are ;

On the great whore hath judgment wrought,

Who with her fornication had

On all the earth corruption brought.

Of all who ferv'd Him to the death

The blood {he fted aveng'd hath He i

Aveng'd on her, and crowned them.

Amen ! fing Hallelujah ye I

r 3

[ 3^9 J

HYMNS

Which are notVerfiom of the Scriptures, but Pious Songs
derived from them. ByDr.WATTS ^Others.

I. The Fail of Angels and Men.

WHEN the Great Builder arch'd the Skies,
, And form'd ali Nature with a Word,
The joyful Cherubs turfd his Praiie,
And ev'ry bending Throne adofd.
High in the midft of all the Throng
Satan a tall Arch- Angel fate,
Amongft the Morning Stars he fung,
'Till Sin deftroy'd his Heav'nly State,

Tvvas Sin that huri'd him from his Throne;
Grov'ling in Fire the Rebel lies :
Hoiv art thou funk in Darknefs a'aivft,
Sen of the Morning, from the Skies !
And thus our two fir ft Parents flood,
Till Sin defiTd the happy Place ;
They loft their Garden and their God,
And ruin'd all their unborn Race.
So fprung the Plague from Adams Bower,
And fpread Deftruaion all abroad,
Sin, the curs'd Name, that in one Hour
SpoilM fix Days Labour of a God.
Tremble, my Soul, and mourn for Grief,
That fuch a Foe mould feize thy Bread ;
Fly to thy Lord for quick Relief:
Oh ! may he flay this treacherous Guefh
Then. to thy Throne, Various *v|"'g'
Then to thy Throne our Shouts mall life,
Thine everlafting Arm we fink
For Sin, the Monfter, bleeds and dies,

II. The Firft and Second Adam,
■DAckward with humble Shame we look
^ On our Original ;
How is our Nature dafrTd and broke
In our firft Father's Fall !

Z Ta

33° HYMN III.

To all that's Good averfe and blind,

But prone to all that's ill;
What dreadful Darknefs veils our Mind I
How obftinate our Will !

2 Conceiv'd in Sin (O wretched State f)

Before we draw our Breath ;
The firft young Pulfe begins to beat

Iniquity and Death.
How ftrong in our degen'rate Blood

The old Corruption reigns,
And mingling with the crooked Flood,

Wanders through all our Veins I

3 Wild and unwholefome as the Root

Will all the Branches be ;
How can we hope for living Fruit

From fuch a deadly Tree ?
What mortal Pow'r from Things unclean

Can pure Productions bring ?
Who can command a vital Stream

From an infecled Spring ?

4 Yet, mighty God, thy wond'rous Love

Can make our Nature clean
While Chrijl and Grace prevail above

The Tempter, Death and Sin.
The Second Adam mail reftore

The Ruins of the Firft ;
Hofanna to that Sov 'reign Pow'r,

That new creates our Duft !

III. The Deity and Humanity of Chuis
i "p'Er the blue Heavns were ftretch'd abroad,
From Everlailing was the Word ;
With God He was ; the Word was God,
And mull divinely be ador'd.
By His own Pow'r were all Things made,
By Him fupported all Things Hand ;
He is the whole Creation's Head,
And Angels fxy at his Command.

2 E'er Sin was born, or Satan fell,
He led the Hoft o*r Morning Stars j

HYMN IV. 331

(Thy Generation who can tell.
Or count the Number of thy Years ?)
But lo, He leaves thofe heavenly Forms,
The Word defcends and dwells in Clay,
That He may hold converfe with Worms,
Drefs'd in fuch feeble Flefh as they.
Mortals with Joy beheld his Face,
Th' Eternal Father's only Son ;
How full of Truth ! how full of Grace I
When thro' his Eyes the God-head (hone !
Arch-Angels leave their high Abode,
To learn new MyfTries here and tell
The Loves of our defcending God,
The Glories of Emanuel.

IV. The Nativity of Christ.

1 T>Ehold, the Grace appears,
13 The Promife is fulfill'd ;
Mary, the wond'rous Virgin bears,

And Jefus is the Child.
The Lord, the Higheft God,

Calls him his only Son ;
He bids Him rule the Lands abroad,

And gives Him David's Throne.

2 O'er Jacob (hall he reign

With a peculiar Sway j
The Nations (hall his Grace obtain*

His Kingdom ne'r decay.
To bring the glorious News,

A heavenly Form appears ;
He tells the Shepherds of their Joys,

And banifhes their Fears.
3 Go, bumble Swains, faid he,

To David's City fly ;
The promised Infant, born To-Day,

Doth in a Manger lie.
With Looks and Hearts ferene *

Go <vifit Chrift your King ;
And (trait a flaming Troop was feen :

The Shepherds heard them fing,

Z 2 4 Ghrj

3$2 HYMN V, VI.

4 Glory to God on High !

And hcavnty Peace on Earth,
Goodwill to Men, to Angels Joy, ,

At the Redeemer s Birth !
In Worfhip fo Divine

Let faints employ their Tongues,
With the Cdeitial Hod we join,

And loud repeat their Songs.

5 Glory to God w High !

And hsafuMli Peat: on Earth,
Good Kuill to Mtn, to /ngels Joy,
At the Rtdeemtrs Birth !

V. The Humiliation and Exaltation of 'CHRIST '.

1 TAfHa: equal Honours mall we bring

To thee, O Lord our God. t e Lamb,
When all the Notes that Angels ling,
Are far inferior to thy Name ?
Worthy is He that once was fiain,
The Prince of Peace that groan'd and dy'd,
Worthy to rife, and live and re ga
At his Almighty Father's Side,

2 Pow'r and Dominion are his due,
Who flood condemn'd at Pilate's, Bar :
Wifdom belongs to Jejus too,

Tho' he was charg'd with Madnefs here.
All Riches are his native Rig r,
Yet he fuftain'd amazing Lots ;
To him afcribe Eternal Might,
Who left his Weaknefs on the Crofs.

3 Honour immortal mufc be paid,
Inftead of Scandal and of Scorn ;
While /;lory mines around his Head,
And a bright Cro\*n without a Thorn.
Bleffings for ever on the Lamb,

Who bore the Curfe for wretched Men :
Let Angels found his facred Name,
And ev'ry Creature fay, Amen.

VI. The Offices of Christ,
i TOin all the Names of Love and Pow'x.
J That ever Men or Angels bore, All

HYMN VI. 333

All are too mean to fpeak his Worth,
Or fet lmmanuiFs Glory forth.
But O what condescending Ways
He takes to teach his heav'nly Grace I
My Eyes' with Joy and Wonder fee
What Forms of Love he bears for me.

2 The Avgel of the Covnant Hands
With his Corhffiffltdfi in his Hands,
Sent from his Father's milder Throne
To make the great Salvation known.
Great Prophet, let me blefs thy Name ;
By Thee the joyful Tidings came,

Of Wrath appeas'd, of Sin's forg'v'n,

Of Hell lubdu'd, and peace with Heav'n, /

3 My bright Example, and my Guide,
I would be walking near thy Side ;

0 let me never run aftray,
Nor follow the forbidden Way !

1 love my Shepherd, he (hall keep
My wandering Soul among his Sheep ;

He feeds his Flock, he calls -their Names,
And in his Eofom bears the Lambs.

4 My Surety undertakes the Caufe,
AnLvVng his Father s broken Laws ;
Behold my Soul at freedom fet,

My Suretv paid the dreadful Debt.
Jefus my Great li: - has dy'd,

I feek no Sacrifice bcilJe ;
His Blood did once for ail atone,
And now it p'eads before the Throne.

5 My Advocate appears on high,
The Father lays' his Tnunder by ;
Not all that Earth or HeH can fay
Shall turn my Father's Heart away.
My- Lord, my Conquro^-, and my Ki/ig,
Thy Sccp.er and thy Sword I fing ;
Thine is the VidVry, and I in

A joyful Subject at thy Feet!

6 Afpire, my Soul, to glorious Deeds,
The Caftcin vf Sa eads :

March

334 HYMN VII. VIII.

March on, nor fear to win the Day.
Tho' Death and Hell obftruft the Way.
Should Death and Hell, and Pow'rs unknown,
Put all their Forms of Mifchief on,
I mail be fafe ; for Cbriji difplays
Salvation in more Sov'reign Ways.

VII. The Offices of the Holy Spirit,
i "pTernal Spirit ! we confefs,

And fmg the Wonders of thy Grace j
Thy Pow'r conveys our Ble flings down
From God the Father and the Son.
Inlighten'd by thine heav'nly Ray,
Our Shades and Darknefs turn to Day ;
Thine inward Teachings make us know
Our Danger, and our Refuge too.
2 Thy Pow'r and Glory works within,
And breaks the Chains of reigning Sin ;
Doth our imperious Lufts fubdue,
And forms our wretched Hearts anew.
The troubled Confcience knows thy Voice,
Thy chearing Words awake our Joys,
Thy Words allay the ftormy Wind,
And calm the Surges of the Mind.

VIII. Regeneration mctjj'ary.
)t all the outward Forms on Earth,
Nor Rites that God has giv'n,
Nor Will of Man, nor Blood, nor Birth,

Can raife a Soul to Heav'n.
The fov'reign Will of God alone

Creates us Heirs of Grace ;
Born in the Image of his Son,

A new peculiar Race.
The Spirit, like fome heav'nly Wind,

Blows on the Sons of Flem,
New-models all the carnal Mind,

And forms the Man afrefh.
Our quicken'd Souls awake, and rife,

From the long Sleep of Death ;
On heav'nly Things we fix cur Eyes,

And praiie employs our Breach. IX,

N°!

H T M N IX. X. 335

IX. Repentance and Faith neceffary.

T Ife and immortal Joys are giv'n

J To Souls that mourn the Sins they've done ;
Children of wrath made heirs of Heaven,
By Faith in God's eternal So"n.
Wo to the Wretch that never felt
The inward Pangs of pious Grief,
But adds to all his crying Guilt
The Itubbom Sin of Unbelief.

The Law condemns the Rebel dead,
Under the Wrath of God he lies :
He feals the Curfe on his own Head,
And with a double Vengeance dies.

X. Difficulty of fin cere Converfon,

qTrait is the Way, the Door is (trait,
^ That leads to Joys on high ;
Tis but a few that find the Gate,

While Crowds miftake and die.
Beloved Self mud be deny'd

The Mind and Will renew'd,
Pafiion fupprefs'd, and Patience try'd,

And vain Defires fubdu'd.
Flefh is a dangerous Foe to Grace,

Where it prevails and rules ;
Flefh mull be humbl'd, Pride abas'd,

Left they dcitroy our Souls.
The Love of Gold be banifiYd hence3

(That vile Idolatry)
And evVy Member, ev'ry Senfe,

In fweet Subjection lie.

j The Tongue, that moll unruly Pow'r,
Requires a ftrong Reftraint :
We muft be watchful ev'ry Hour,

And pray, but never faint.
Lord ! can a feeble, helplefs Worm

Fulfil a Talk fo hard ?
Thy Grace muft all my Work perform,
And give the (tqs Reward.

XI.

336 H T M N XL XII.

XL Belint and be faved.

i xrOt to condemn the Sons of Men

™ Did Chrifl the Son of t*cd nppear :

No Weapons in his Hands are feen,

No flaming Sword, nor Thunder there.

Such was the Pity of our God,

He lov'd the Race oi Man fo well,

He fent his Son to bear our Load

Of Sins, and fave our Souls from Hell.
2 Sinners, believe the Saviour's Word,

Truft in his mighty Name, and live ;

A thoufand Joys his lips afford,

His Hands a thoufand B'effings give.

But Vengeance 2nd Damna ion lies

On Rebels, who refufe the Grace ;

Who God's erernnl Son defpife.

The hotteft Hell (hall be their Place.

XII. Faith in Ckr i st for Par don & SanfiijfeiUon.

1 TTOW fad our State by Nature is !

Our Sin, how deep it ftains !
And Satan binds our captive Minds

Faft in his flafvilh Chains.
But there's a Voice ef Sovereign Grace

Sounds from the facred Woid ;
Ho ! ye defpairfag v- inner s* cctne,

And trvjl upon the Lord.

2 My Soul obeys tV Almighty Call,

And runs to this Relief;
I would believe thy Promife Lord ;

Oh ! help my Unbelief.
Ta the dear Fountain of thy Blood,

Incarnate God, I ny ;
! Here let me warn my fpotted foul

From Crimes of decpeft Dye.

3 Stretch out thine Arm, vi&orious King,

My reigning Sins fubdue ;
Drive the old Dragon from his Seat,
With all his hellilh Crew.

HT M N XIII, XIV. 337

A guilty, weak, and helplefs Worm

On thy kind Arms I fall :
Be thou my Strength and Righteoufnefs,

My Jtfus, and my All.

XIII. Juflificathn by Faith, not by Works,

1 WAIN are the Hopes the Sons of Men

On their own Works have built ;
Their Hearts by Nature all unclean,

And all their Anions Guilt.
Let Jew and Gentile ltop their Mouths

Without a murm'ring Word,
And the whole Race of Adam Hand

Guilty before the Lord.

2 In vain we afk God's righteous Law

To jullify us now.
Since to convince and to condemn

Is all the Law can do.
Jefus, how glorious is thy Grace,

When in thy Name we trull f
Our Faith receives Thy Righteoufnefi

Which makes the Sinner juft,

XIV. Adoption.

i T>Ehold what wond'rous Grace
** The Father hath beftow'd
On Sinners of a Mortal Race,

To call them Sons of God !
'Tis no iurprizing Thing,

That we fhould be unknown ;
They^w^World knew not theirKing,

God's everl ailing Son :

2 Nor doth it yet appear

How great we mull be made ;
But when we fee our Saviour here,

We (hall be like our Head.
A Hope fo much divine

May Trials well endure,
May purge our Souls from Senfe and Sin,
As Chxift the Lord is pure.
A a

338 HYMN XV. XVI,

3 If in my Father's Love

I fhare a filial Part,
Send down thy Spirit, like a Dove,

To reft upon my Heart.
We would no longer lie

Like Slaves beneath the Throne ;
My Faith fhall Abba Father cry,

And thou the Kindred own.

XV. Baptifm of grown P erf ens*

1 > HP Was the Commifiion of our Lord,

Go, teath the Nations, and Baptize.
The Nations have receiv'd the Word
Since he afcended to the Skies.
He fits upon th' eternal Hills,
With Grace afad Pardon in his Handsr
And fends his Cov'nant, with the Seals,
To blefs the People of all Lands.

2 Repent, and be baptized, he faith,
For the RemiJJion.of your Sins ;
And thus our Senfe affifts our Faith
And (hows us what his Gofpel means.
Our Souls he wafhes in his Blood,

As Water makes the Body clean ;
And the good Spirit from our God
Defcends like purifying Rain.

3 Thus we engage our felves to thee,
And feal our Cov'nant with the Lord ;
O may the Great Eternal Three

In Heav'n our folemn Vows record !

XVI. Baptifm of Children,
i T-JOw large Thy Covenant of Grace
To Abram and his Seed !
* I'll be a GOD to Thee and Tboft
' Who from thy Loins proceed.
JESUS the ancient Word confirms,

Show'd wond'rous Tendernefs ;
He took young Children in his Arms,
And them did kindly blefs.

2 Gentiles

HYMN XVII. 339

2 Gentiles by Nature, we belong'd

To the wild Olive Wood,
Grace took us from the barren Tree

And grafts us on the Good.
With the fame Bleffing Grace endows

The Gentile as the Je<w ;
That (till if holy be the Root,

Such are the Branches too.

3 The Words of Thy extenfive Love

From Age to Age endure ;
The Angel of the Covnant came,

And feal'd the Bleffing fare ;
O GOD ! how conftant are Thy Ways,

Thy Love ;endures the fame ;
Thy Promife is to us and our** ;

We mark them with Thy Name.

4 O dear Rsdeemer ! take them then,

And wafh them in Thy Blood ;
O pour Thy Spirit out on them,

And make them pure for GOD.
Then if they live, they'l ferve thy Caufe,

And Glory to Thee bring ;
And when they die, to Heav'n they'l rife,

And endlefs Praiies fing.

XVII. A Living and a Dead Faith.

i jLjIftaken Souls ! that dream of Heav'n,
And make their empty Boaft
Of inward Joys, and Sins forgiv'n,

While they are Slaves to Lufl.
Vain are our Fancies, airy Flights,

If Faith be cold and dead,

None but a living Pow'r unites

To Cbriji the living Head.

2 Tis Faith that changes all the Heart,
'Lis Faith that works by Love ;
That bids all finful Joys depart,
And lifts the Thoughts above.

A a % T^

34© HYMN XVIII, XIX.

Tis Faith that conquers Earth and Hell,

By a celeftial Pow'r j
This is the Grace that fhall prevail

In the decifive Hour.

3 Faith muft obey her Father's Will,

As well as truft his Grace ;
A pard'ning God is jealous ftill

For his own Holinefs.
When from the Curfe he fets us free,

He makes our Natures clean,
Nor would He fend his Son to be

The Minifter of Sin.

4 His Spirit purifies our Frame,

And feals our Peace wuh Gcd ;
Jefus, and his Salvation came
By Water and by Blood.

XVIII. Example of Christ.
i ViYdear Redeemer, and my Lord,
I read my Duty in thy Word ;
But in thy Life the Law appears,
Drawn out in living Characters.
Such was thy Truth, and fuch thy Z^al,
Such Def rence to thy Father's Will,
Such Love, and Meeknefs fo divine,
I would tranferibe, and make them mine.

2 Cold Mountain?, and the Midnight Air,
Witnefs'd the Fervour of thy Pray'r ;
The Defart thy Temptations knew,
Thy Conflict, and thy VicYry too.

Be thou my Pattern ; make me bear
Mere of thy gracious Image here ;
Then God, the Judge, (hall own my Name
Amongfl the Followers of the Lamb.

XIX. Love to GOD and cur Neighbour. .

3 HTH US faith the fiift, the great Command,

" Let all thy inward Ppw'rs unite
" To love thy Maker, and thy God,
- With utmoft Vigour and Delight.

« Then

HYMN XX. 34r

" Then fhall thy Neighbour next in Place
" Share thine Affections and Efteem,
" And Jet thy Kindnefs to thy felf
" Meafure and rule thy Love to him. "
2 This is the Senfe that Mofes fpoke,

This did the Prophets preach and prove :
For want of this the Law is broke,
And the whole law's fulfill'd by Love.
But Oh \ how bafe our Pafiions are !
How cold our Charity and Zeal !
Lord, fill our Souls with heav'nly Fire,
Or we fhall ne'er perform thy Will.

XX. Love and Charity.

1 T Et Pharifees of high Efteem

Their Faith and Zeal declare,
All their Religion is a Dream,

If Love be wanting there.
Love fuffers long with patient Eye,

Nor is provok'd in hafte,
She let's the prefent Injury die,

And long forgets the pafs'd.

2 Malice and Rage, thofe Fires "of Hell,

She quenches with her tongue ;
Hopes, and believes, and thinks no 111,

Tho' (he endures the Wrong.
She nor defires nor feeks to know

The Scandals of the Time ;
Nor looks with Pr de on thofe below,

Nor envies thofe that climb,

2 She lays her own Advantage by
To leek her Neighbour's 7 0od ;
So God's own Son came down to die,
And bought our Lives with Blood.
Love is the Grace that keeps her PowV,

In all the Realms above ;
There Faith and Hope are known no more,
But Saints for ever love.

XXL tbi

342 HYMN XXI. XXII.

XXI. clhe Beatitudes.

i gLEST are the humble Souls that fee
Their Emptinefs and Poverty ;
Treafures ot Grace to them are giv'n,
And Crowns of Joy laid up in Heav'n.
Bleft are the Men of broken Heart,
Who mourn for Sin with inward Smart ;
The Blood of Chrift divinely flows,
A healing Balm for all their Woes.

2 Bleft are the Meek, who ftand afar
From Rage and Pafllon, Noife and War j
God will fecure their happy State,

And plead their Caufe againft the Great.
Bleft are the Souls that third for Grace,
Hanger and long for Righteoufnefs ;
They fhall be well fupply'd and fed
With living Streams and living Bread.

3 Bleft are the Men whofe Bowels move
Ard melt with Sympathy and Love ;
From Chrifi the Lord mall' they obtain
Like Sympathy and Love again.

Bleft are the pure, whofe Hearts are clean
From the defiling Powers of Sin ;
With endlefs Pleafure they fhall fee
A God of fpotlefs Purity.
» Bleft are the Men of peaceful Life,
Who quench the Coals ■ of growing Strife;
They (hall be call'd the Heirs of Blifs,
The Sons of God, the Cod of Peace.
Bleft are the SufPrers who partake
Of Pain and Shame for Jifus* fake ;
Their Souls ftiall triumph in the Lord,
Glory and Joy are their Reward.

XXII. Grace and Holinefs.
CO let our Lips and Lives exprefs
The holy Gofpel we profefs ;
So let our Works and Virtues mine,
To prove the Doclrine all Divine.

Thus

HYMN XXIII, XXIV. 342

Thus mall we belt proclaim abroad

The Honours of our Saviour God ;
When the Salvation reigns within,

And Grace fubdues the Pow'r of Sin,
2 Our Flefti and Senfe muft be deny'd,

Paffion and Envy, Luft and Pride ;
While Juftice, Temp'rance, Truth and Love,

Our inward Piety approve.
Religion bears our Sp rits up,

While we expeft that bleffed Hope,
The bright Appearance of the Lord,

And Faith ftands leaning on his Word.

XXIII. Sub?niJfion to Afflittive Providences,
4 xrAked as from the Earth we came,
And crept to Life at firft,
We to the Earth return again,

And mingle with our Duft.
The dear Delights we here enjoy,

And fondly call our own,
Are but fhort Favours borrow'd Now,
To be repaid Anon.

2 Tis God shat lifts our Comforts high,

Or finks them in the Grave,
He gives, and (bleffed be his Name !)

He takes but what he gave.
Peace, all our angry Paffions then,

Let each rebellious Sigh
Be filent at his Sovereign Will,

And ev'ry Murmur die.

3 If fmiling Mercy crown our Lives,

Its Praifes mail be fpread,
And we'll adore the Juftice too
That flrikes our Comforts dead.

XXIV. The Lord's Supper Infiituted.
I > HP Was on that dark, that doleful Night,
When Pow'rs of Earth and Hell arofe
Againft the Son of God's Delight,
And Friends betray 'd him to his Foes.

Before

344 HYMN XXIV.

Before the mournful Scene began,
He took the Bread, and blefs'd and brake :
"What Love thro' all his Aclions ran !
What wond'rous Words of Grace he fpake ?

2 This is my Body, broke for Sin,
Receive and eat the living Food :

Then took the Cop, and blefs'd the Wine }
'Tis the Nenv Corfnant in . my Blood.
For us his Flefli with Nails was torn,
He bore the Scourge, he fdt the Thorn „•
And Juftice pour'd upon his Head
Its heavy Vengeance, in our Siead.

3 For us his vital Blood was fpilt,
To buy the Pardon of our Guilt -,
When, for black Crimes of biggeit Size
He gave his Soul a Sacrifice.

Do this (he cry'd) 'till Time Jkall end,
In Metnry of your dying Friend j
Meet at my Table and record
The Lonje of your departed Lord.

4 Jefus, thy Feaft we celebrate,

We fhew thy Death we fing thy Name,
'Till thou return and we mall eat
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

XXIV. the bitter Sufferings of Christ,

i f^Ome let us all, who here have feen,
And tailed of our Saviour's grace,
From his blefs'd table to his crofs,
In thought, his weary footfteps trace.
Into the garden firlt he goes,
Where mortal fears befet him round ;
Sin's prefling weight o'erwhelms his foul,
And finks his body to the ground.

2 Here, proftrate as he lies, he groans,
Poiring out Pray'rs with fervent Cries,
'Till he fweats drops of Blood, to mix
With Floods that iflue from his Eyes.

Yet

HTMN XXVL o4S

Yet are his Sorrows but begun ;
By one diic'ple He's betray'd
Another Him with Oaths denies,
The reft all run like fheep afraid

Falfly accus'd, He's doom'd to die ;
Loaded with blafphemy and fcorn,
He's rudely buffe;ed and bound,
His naked fleih with fcourges torn.
His temples wear a wreath of thorns.
Vile Spitting his pure face profanes ;
His weary moulders bear a crofs,
On which He fuffers mortal pains.
4 Between two thieves He lingring dies.
While thoufand tortures on Him meet :
His heart's diilblv'd within ; his blood
Flow*6«out in ftreams from hands and feet,
T^efe ftreams, join'd with the other flood
That gufh'd out from his wounded fide,
Compofe a fovereign bath, wherein
The leprous Soul is purify'd.

XX VI. The Lroelinefs of a fuffering Jesus,
i npHou art all Love, my dearefc Lord,
t Thou art ail lovely too :

Thy Love I at thy Table tafte,

Thy Lovelinefs I view.
Eut Thou more lovely art to me
For all that thou hall born :
Each Cloud fets off thy Luftre more ;
Thee all thy Scars adorn.

2 Thy Garments tin&ur'd with thy Blood,

The beft and nobleft Dye,
Out-fhine the Robes that^rinces wear ;

Thy Thorns their Gems out- vie.
That 1 may be all Love to thee,

And lovely like thee too,
O cleanfe me with thy precious Blood,

And me thy Beauty (hew.

3 Mv former Vows I now renew :

O Lord, as thou art mine ■> B 1>

34^ HYMN XXVI, XXVII.

I freely give my Heart to thee,
For ever I'll be thine.

XXVI. Christ finijhing his Purchafe of Redemption*

i 5rPls finifh'd, the Redeemer crys ;

Then lowly bows his fainting Head ;
And foon th' expiring Saciifke
Sinks to the Regions of the Dead.
'Tis done --the mighty Work is done I
For Men and Angels much too great ;
Which none, but God's eternal Son,
Or would attempt, or could complete.

2 'Tis done,-- -his Tears, his Groans, and Woun:
His Sweat and Blood, his Pains and Toils,
Vicl'ry with deathlefs Glory crowns

With Trophies, and triumphant Spoils.
The Conqu'ror falls a Sacrifice,
Heav'n's juft Refentments to appeafe :
Juftice with Mercy now complys,
Both with the Sinner's Pardon pleas'd.

3 Once he was dead ; now lives and reigns
Where Angels his great Deeds proclaim :
Let's tell our Joys in pious Strains,
And fpread the Cilory of his Name.

XXVII. TheNew Covenant in the Blood of Christ.

1 'T'HE Promife of my Father s Love

Shall Jiand for ever good :
He faid, and gave his Soul to Death,

And feal'd the Grace with Blood.
To this dear Covenant of thy Word

I kt my worthlefs Name ;
I feai th' Engagement to my Lord,

And make my humble Cla;m.

2 Thy Light, and Strength, and pard'ning Grace,

And wlory, fhall be mine ;
My Life and Soul, my Heart and Flefh,

And all my Pow'rs are thine.
I call that Legacy my own

Which Jefus did bequeath ;
'Twas purchas'd with a dying Groan,

And ratify *d in Death. 3 S*'"?J

HYMN XXVIII. XXIX. 347

3 Sweet is the Mem'ry of his Name
Who blefs'd us in his Will,
And to his Tettament of Love
Made his own Life the Seal.

XXVIII. The Grace of the divine FATHER, and
Fulnefs of Christ.

1 TEhovah, we 'n Hymns cf Praife
J Thy matchlefs Grace adore,
That Grace that gave thy only Son ;

What couldft thou give us more ?
He's all in all : his Saints in Him

Divine Perfection view :
'Tis of his Fulncfs they receive

All Grace and Glory too.

2 He freely gave his Blood, the Price

Of our eternal Blifs :
Since no lefs could atone for Sin,

His Love would give no lefs.
He in the wine-prefs of thy wrath

For guilty men was cruuYd ;
Humbled himfelf to die, and laid

His Honour in the duft.

3 That we might at his Table fit,

And be replenifh'd there
With thefe dear pledges of his Grace,

Till we his Glory (hare.

XXIX. The Memorial of our abfent Lord.
1 cyESUS is gone above the Skies,

J Where our weak Senfes reach him not ;

And carnal Objeds court our Eyes,

To thruft our Saviour* from our Thought.

He knows what wand'ring Hearts we have,

Apt to forget his lovely Face ;

And, to refrefh our Minds, he gave

Thefe kind Memorials of his Grace.

z The Lord of Life this Table fpread
" With his own Flefh and dying Blood,

We on the rich Provifion feed,

And tafle the Wine and blefs the Gcd,

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34.8 By M N xxxr.

Let finful Sweets be all forgot,
And Earth grow lefs in our Efieem ;
Cbrifi and his Love fill ev'ry Thought,
And Faith and Hope be nVd on him.
3 While He is abfent from our Sight,
'Tis to prepare our Souls a Piace,
That we may dwell in heav'nly Light,
And live for ever near his hace.
Our Eyes look upwards to the Hills
Whence our returning Lord fhall come ;
We wait thy Chariot's haft'ning Wheels,
To fetch our longing Spirits home.

XXXI. Divine Love making a Fcafl^ and Cu.
in the Guejis.

i JJOW fweet and awful is the Place
With Chriji within the Lcors,
While everlafting Love difplays

The choiceft of her Mores !
Here ev'ry Bowel of our God

W7irh foft Companion rolls ;
Here Peace and Pardon bought with Blood,
Is -Food for dying Souls.

2 While all our Hearts and all our Songs

Join ro admire the Feaft,
Each of us cry, with thankful Tongues,

,c Lord, Why was I a Gueft ?
" Why was I made to hear thy Voice,

" And enter while there's Room ;
" When thoufands make a. wretched Choice,

" And rather flarve than come " ?

3 'Twas the fame Love that fpread the Feaft,

That fweetly fore'd us in ;
Elfe we had ftill refus'd ro tatfe,

And per'fh'd in our Sin.
Pity the Nations, O our God,

Couftrain the Earth to come;

Send thy victorious Word abroad,

And bring the Strangers hem*:.

4 Wc

H T M N XXXII, XXXIII. 349

4 We long to fee thy Churches full,
That all the chofen Race
May with one Voice, and Heart, and Soul,
Sing thy redeeming Grace.

XXXII. Feaftingon Christ at his Table,
i \-\Ow glorious is this holy Place,

Where Bread of Life is giv'n !
This furely is the Houfe of God !

This is the Gate of Heav'n .'
Jefus, the M after of the Feaft,

Vouchsafes his Prefence here ;
Th-e Cup of Bleffing paifes round,
The pious Guefts to chear.

2 Hence feithlefs Doubts, defponding Fears,

No more our Joys molett :
Hence all vain Thoughts, and vile Defires

No more our Souls infell.
Can Sinners doubt their Pardon, when

Their Judge upon them fmiles ?
Can they ungratefully rebel,

Whom Jefus reconciles ?

3 The Merit of his Elood can calm

The Soul with Guilt oppreft :
The Torments of his Crofs can make

The Soul ail Sin deteft.
O may our Sins, that made thee bleed,

All on thy Crofs expire !
O may the Joys, thy Banquet gives,

Equal our warm Dciire !

4 So ftikH we mount upon tve Wings

Of chearful Hope and Love ;
And here begin the Songs that we
Shall better flng above.

XXXIII. Communion with Christ and Sair.r:.
I yESUS invites his Saints
J To meet around his Board ;
Here Pardon'd Rebels fit and hold

Communion with their Lord.
For Food he gives his Flefh ;
• Ke bids us drink his Clood : Amazing

350 HYMN XXXII.

Amazing Favour ! matchlefs Grace

Ol our defcending God !
z This holy Bread and Wine,

Maintains our fainting Breath,
By Union with our living Lord,

And Int'refl: in his Death.
Our heav'nly Father calls

Chrijt and his Members one ;
We the young Children of his Love,

And he the firft-born Son.
3 We are but fev'ral Parts

Of the fame broken Bread ;
One Body hath its fev'ral Limbs,

But Jefus is the Head.
Let all our Pow'rs be join'd,

His glorious Name to raife ;
Pleafure and Love fill ev'ry Mind,

And evVy Voice be Praife.

XXXII. The Death o/* Christ is the Death cf Sin.

l POme let us go and die with him,
Who was content to die for us ;

Let's wound and crucify thofe Sins

That nail'd our Saviour to his Crcfs.

May holy Indignation raife

A juit Revenge in every Breaft !

May every Soul that Jesus loves,

The very Thoughts cf Sin deteft !
i Hence all ye viprous Brood of Vice,

That bring a Train of endlefs Woes ;

O how I hate you mortally,

As mine, and as my Saviour's Foes .'

Hence all your vain deluding Arts,

Which the unwary Soul beguile ;

Thefe have no Charms for one that fees

Redeeming Mercy on him fmile.
i My Robes, when wafli'd in facred Blood,

Shall I again with Blots deface ?

My Soul, by Gra e advane'd to Heav'fl,

Chall I again to Hell debafe ?

Prevent

II T M N XXXIII, XXXIV. 35 1

Prevent me O almighty Grace f

Nor let me e'er fo treacherous prove,

To crucify my Lord afrefh,

And render Hate for all his Love ?

4 His Life the Model be of mine ;

His Word the Rule to guide my Ways ;
His Crofs the Death of all my Crimes ;
His Love the Subject of my Praife.

XXXIII. Crucifixion to the JVorld by the Death of
Christ.

i TyHEN I furvey the wond'rous Crofs
di which the Prince of Glory dy'd,
My richeft Gain I count but Lois,
And pour Contempt on all my Pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I (hould boafi:
Save in the D^ath of Cbrljl my God :
All the vain Things that charm me moll,
I facriflce them to his Blood.

2 ?ee from his Head, his Hands, his Feet,
Sorrow and Love flow mingled down I
Did e'er fuch Love and Sorrow meet ?
Or Thorns compofe fo rich a Crown ?
His dying Crimfon, like a Robe,
Spreads o'er his Body on the Tree ;
Then am I dead to all the Globe,
And all the Globe is dead to me.

3 Were the whole Realm of Nature mine,
That were a Prefent far too fmall ;
Love fo amazing, fo divine,
Demands my Soul, my Life, my All.

XXXIV. Pardon and Strength from Christ,
i pATHER. we wait to feel thy Grace,
To fee thy Glories (hine ;
The Lord will his own Table blefs,

And make the Feaft divine.
We touch, we tafte the heav'nly Bread,

We drink the facred Cup ;
With outward Forms our Senfe is fed,
Our Souls rejoyce in Hope. 2 We

352 HTM N XXXVII, XXXVIII.

2 We fhall appear before the Throne

Of our forgiving God,
Drefs'd in the Garments of his Son,

And fprinkled with his Blood.
We (hall be ftrong to run the Race,

And climb the upper Sky j
Chriji will provide our Souls with Grac*;

He bought a large Supply,

3 Let us indulge a chearful Frame,

For Joy becomes a Feaft ;
We love the Mem'ry of his Name,
More than the Wine we tafte.

XXXVII. Grace andGlory by the Death cfClzi,
i nltting around our Father's Board,

^ We raife our tuneful Breath ;
Qar Faith beholds her dying Lord,

And dooms our Sins to Death.
We lee tne Blood of Jejks fhed,

Whence all our Pardons rife ;
The Sinner views th' Atonement made,

And loves the Sacrifice.

2 Thy cruel Thorns, thy fhameful Crofs,

Procure us heav'nly Crowns :
Our higheft Gain fpringg from thy Lofs 3

Our Healing from thy Wounds.
Oh ! 'tis impoffible that we,

Who dwell in feeble Clay,
Should equal Sufferings bear for Thee,

Or equal Thanks repay.

XXXVIII. TheView cfDlvineGkries excite cur Graces^

1 fjOw are thy Glories here difplay'd,
n Great God ! how bright they fhine,
While, at thy Word, we eat the Bread,

And drink the fragrant Wine !
Here thy revenging Juftice Hands,
And pleads its dreadful Caufe ;
Here faving Mercy fpreads her Hands
Like J ejus on the Crofs.

2 Thy

B<

HYMN XXXIX.

2 Thy Saints attend with evVy Grace

On this great Sacrifice ;
And Love appears wi'th chearful Face,

And Faith with fixed Eyes.
Our Hope in waiting Polture fits,

To Heav'n directs her Sight ;
Here ev'ry warmer Paflion meets,

And warmer PowVs unite.

3 Zeal and Revenge perform their ParC

And rifing Sin deftroy ;
Repentance comes with aking Heart,

And yet excites the Joy.
Dear Saviour, change our Faith to Sight,

Let Sin for ever die ;
Then mall our Souls be all Delight,

And ev'ry Tear be dry.

XXXIX. A new Song to the Lamb fain*

Ehold the Glories of the Lamb
Amidlfc his Father's Throne :
Prepare new Honours for his Name*

And Songs before unknown.
Let Elders worfhip at his Feet,

The Church adore around,
With Vials full of Odours fwee:

And Harps of fleeter Sound.

Thofe are the Prayers of the Saints,

And thefe the Hymns they raifs :
is kind to our Complaints,

He loves to hear our Praife.
Eternal Father, who mall look

Into thy fecret Will ?
Who but the Son mould take that 3ook,

And open ev'ry Seal ?

He (hall fulfil thy great Decrees,

The Son deferves it well ;
Lo, in his Hand the Sovereign Kevs

Of Heav'n, and Deach, and Hell !,
Now to the Lamb, that once was i

Be endjefs Bleflings paid ;
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35J

354 HYMN XL, XLI.

Salvation, Glory, Joy remain
For ever on thy Head.

4 Thou haft redeem'd our Souls with Blood,

Haft fet the Pris'ners (reef
Haft made us Kings and Priefts to Cod,

And we (hall reign with thee.
The Worlds of Nature and of Grace

Are put beneath thy Pow'r ;
Then fhorten thefe delaying Days,

And bring the promis'd Hour.

XL. Christ's Companion to the Weak and Tempi eel
i TjylTH Joy we meditate the Grace
Of our High Prielt above ;
His Heart is made of Tendernefs,

His Bowels melt with Love.
Touch'd with a Sympathy within
tie knows our feeble Frame.;
He knows what fore Temptations mean-
For he has felt the fame.

2 But fpotlefe, innocent and pure

The great Redeemer flood,
While Satan's fiery Darts he bore,
- And did refift to Blood.
He in the Days of feeble Flefh

Pour'd out his Cries and Tears,
And in his Meafure feels afrefh

What every Member bears.

3 He'll never quench the fmoaking Flax,

But raife it to a Flame ;
The bruifed Reed he never breaks,

Nor fecrns the n:eaneft Name.
Then let cur humble Faith addrefs

His Mercy and his Pow'r,
We fhall obtain delivVing Grace

In the diftrefiing Hour

XLI. The Chrijlian Race.
i A WAKE our Souls (away cur Fears,

Let ev'ry trembling Thought be gone,.}
•" Awake, and run the Heav'nly Race,

I put a chearful Cowrage on. True,

HYMN XLII, XLHI, 355

True, 'tis a ftrait and thorny Road,
And mortal Spirits tire and faint ;
But they forget the mighty God,
That feeds the Strength of ev'ry Saint.

2 The Mighty God whofe matchlek Powr
Is ever new and ever young,

And firm endures, while endlefs Years
Their everlaiting Circles run.
From Thee, the overflowing Spring,
• Our Souls (hall drink a frefh Supply,
While fuch as truft their native Strength
Shall melt away, and drop, and die.

3 Swift as an Eagle cuts the Air,
We'il mount aloft to thine Abode ;
On Wings of Love our Souls (hall fly,
Nor tire amidit the heavenly Road.

XLII. The Cbrijiian Warfare
1 oTand up, my Soul, make off thy hear*;,
^ And gird the Gofpel Armour on ;
March to the Gates of endlefs Joy,
Where thy great Captain Saviour's gone.
Hell and thy Sins refill thy Courle,
But Hell and Sin are vanquim'd Foes 3
Thy Jefus naiFd 'em to the Crofs,
And fung the Triumph when he rofe.
at tho' thine inwaid Lufts rebel ?
3Tis but a ftruggling C-afp for Life ;
The Weapons of victorious Grace,

1 flay thy Sins, and end the Strife.
Then let my Soul march boldly on,
Prefs forward to the heav'nly Gate,
There Peace and Joy eternal reign,
And glitt'riag Robes for Conqu'rors v.

3 There fhall I wear a (tarry Crswn,
And triumph in Almighty Grace,
While all the Armies of the Skies
Join in my Glorious Leader's Piaife.

XLIII. Death and Burial of Saints.
1 "\X/"HY do we mourn depart ng Frends ;

Or (hake at Death's Alarms r C c 2 Tis

35^ HYMN XLIV.

Tis but the Voice that Jefus fends

To call them to his Arms.
Are we not tending upward too

As fall as Time can move
Nor would we wilh the Hours more flow

To keep us from our Love.

2 Why mould we tremble to convey

Their Bodies to the Tomb ?
There the dear Flefh of Jtfus lay,

And left a long Perfume.
The Graves of all his Saints he blefs'd,

And foftned every Bed :
Where mould the dying Members reft.

But with the dying Head ?

3 Thence he arofe, afcending high,

And fhew'd our Feet the Way :
Up to the Lord our Flefh mail fly,

At the Great riflng Day.
Then let the laft loud Trumpet found,

And bid our Kindred rife ;
Awake, ye Nations under Giound,

Ye Saints afcend the Skies.

XLIV. The beatifick Sight of Chrift,
i "pRom Thee, my God, my Joys mall rife,
JT And run eternal Rounds
Beyond the Limits of the Skies,

And all created Bounds.
The holy Triumphs of my Soul

Shall Death it felf cut brave,
Leave dull Mortality behind*

And fly beyond the Grave.
2 There where my blefTed Jefus reigns.

In HeavVs unmeafur'd Space,
I'll fpend a long Eternity

Jn Fleafure and in Praife.
Millions of Years my wondVing Eyes

Shall o'er thy Beauties rove,
And endlefs Ages, I'll adore,

The Glories of thy Love. 3 Sweet

HYMN XLV, 357'

3 Sweet Jefus, fev'ry Smile of thine

Shall frefh Endearments bring,
And thoufand Taftes of riew/ Delighc

From all thy Graces fpr'ng.
Hafte, my Beloved, fetch my Scul

Up to thy blefs'd Abode ;
Fly, for my Spirit longs to fee

My Saviour and my God.

XLV. The humble Worjhlp of Heaven,

[ T?Ather, I long, I faint to fee

The Place of thine Abode ;
I'd leave thy earthly Courts, and flee

Up to thy Seat my God !
Here I behold thy aidant Face,

And 'tis a pleafmg Sight j
But to abide in thine Embrace,
Is Infinite Delight,

i I*d part with all the Joys of Senfe,

To gaze Upon thy Throne ;
Pleafure fprings frefh for ever thence,
. Unfpeakable. Unknown.
There all the heav'nly Hofts are feen,

In (hiriing Ranks they move,
And drink immortal Vigour in

With Wonder, and with Love.
5 Then at thy Feet with awful Fear

'Th' adoring Armies fall ;
Wich Joy they lhrink to Nothing there.

Before th' Eternal All.
There I would vie witii all the Hon:

In Duty and in Blifs ;
While Less than Nothing I could boaft,

And Vanity confefs.

I The more thy Glories ftrike mine Eyes,
The humbler I mail lie j
Thus while I fink, my Joys fhall rife
Unmealurabjy high,

MTMN XL VI.

358 HTM N XL VI, XLVJI.

XL VI. Refurreftion of the Saints,
i AND mud this Body d e ?

This Mortal Frame decay ?
And muft thefe a&ive Limbs of mine
Lie mouldering in the Clay ?
God my Redeemer lives,
And conftant from the Skies
Looks down, a d watches ail my Duft.

Till he (hall bid it rife.
2 Array 'd -in glorious Grace

Shall thele vile Bodies mine,
And ev'ry Shape, and ev'ry Face,
Look heav'nly and divine,
Thefe lively Hopes we owe
To JefuSs dying Love ;
We would adore his Grace below,

And fmg his PowV above.
3 Dear Lord, accept the Praife
Of thefe our humble Songs,
Till Tunes of nobler Sound we raife
With our immortal Tongues.
XLVII- The glorious Reign of Chriji on Earth.
o T O, what a glorious Sight appears
To our believing Eyes !
The Earth and Seas are pafs'd away,

And the old rolling Skies,
From the third Heav'n where God refides,

That holy, happy Place,

The New Jerzi/aliTK comes down

Adorn'd with mining Grace.

2 Attending Artgels fnout for Joy,

And the bright Armies fing,
Mortals, behold the /acred Seat

Of your drfcending King.
The God of Glory donxn to Men

Removes his kiefs d Abode ;
Men the dear Objeds of his Grace,

And Re the loving God.

3 his own /oft Hand fall wife the Tear S

From iv'ry weeping Eye, *n*

HYMN XLVIIL 359

And Pains, and Groans, and Griefs, and Fears,

And Death itfelf Jhnll die.
How long, dear Saviour, O how long \

Shall this bright Hour delay ?
Fly fwifter round, ye Whe.ls of Time,

And bring the welcome Day.

XLVIIL The Lafi Judgment.

1 OEE where the great incarnate God

Fills a majeitic Throne,
While from the Skies his awful Voice

Bears the Laft Judgment down.
*c I am the Firft, and I the Laft,

" Thro' endlefs Years the fame
" 1 AM is my Memorial ftill,

44 And my eternal Name.

2 " Such Favours as a God can give,

'{• My Royal Grace beftows ;
" Ye thirfty Souls, come tafte the Streams

" Where Life and P'eafure flows.
" The Saint that triumphs o'er his Sins,

" Y\\ own him for a Son ;
" The whole Creation (hall reward

" The Conquefts he has won.

3 " Eat bloody Hands, and Hearts unclean,

" And all the lying Race,
" The faithlefs and the fcorhng Crew,

" Th»t fpurn at offerM Grace ;
" They fhall be taken from my Sight,

" Bound faft in Iron Chains,
" And headlong plung'd into the Lake

" Where Fire and Darknefs reigns."

4 O may I Hand before the Lamb,

When Earth and Seas are fled I
And hear the Judge pronounce my Name

V/ith Bieflings on my Head !
May I with thofe for ever dwell,

Who here were my Delight,
While Sinners banifh'd down to Hell

No more offer.d my S.

htMn XLIX.

360 HT MX XLIX,&L.

XLIX. Heaven after the General Judgment,

i \Y*lil Chr1st and aI1 nis fining Traini
Of Saints and Angels, we fhail rife,

And pafs the glitt'ring Worlds around,
. While Heav'n wide opens to our Eyes.

There 10 the Father He'll refign

The vafl Dominion He hath bought,

Hath by his iriRiT form'd and rul'd,

And then to full Perfection brought.
2 There glorious Services we'll do ;

And He'll ur.vail his wondYous Ways,

His Love and G lories ever fhow ;

And fill'd with Joy, we'll ever praife.

L Praife to God //^Father, Son h Spirit,
i gLefs'd be the Father, and his Love,
To whofe celeftial Source we owe

Rivers of endlefs Joy above

And Rills of Comfort here below.

Glory to Thee, Great Son of God,

From whofe dear wounded Body rolls

A precious Stream of vital Blood,

Pardon and Life for dying Souls.
2 We give Thee, Sacred Spirit, Prafc,

Who in our Hearts of Sin and Woe,

Makes living Springs of Grace arife

And into boundlefs uloryflow.

Thus Gcd the Father, God the Son,

And God the Spirit we adore,

That Sea of Life and Love unknown,

Without a Bottom or a bhore.

Ghry to the Divine Trinity.

nrO FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST,

1 One GOD, all dory be,
As ever was, and as now is,
fo to Eternity.

Long Metre.

ryo FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST,
X One GOD, of univerfal Reign,

All Glory, as it ever was,

And is, fo ever be. A7nen,

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